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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 724 · 40 questions
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Word tip (Split and add the meanings): un- and dis- mean “not”: unkind = not kind, disobey = not obey. re- means “again”: rewrite = write again. pre- means “before”: preheat = heat before. mis- means “wrongly”: misspell = spell wrongly. Split the word, then put the two meanings together.

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  1. 1.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  2. 2.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) dispay (d) mispay
  3. 3.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  4. 4.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  5. 5.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) rekind
  12. 12.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  13. 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  14. 14.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  15. 15.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  17. 17.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) recook (d) miscook
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  19. 19.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
  20. 20.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  21. 21.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  22. 22.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  23. 23.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  24. 24.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
  25. 25.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) unpaint (d) mispaint
  26. 26.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  27. 27.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  28. 28.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
  29. 29.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) disspell
  31. 31.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  32. 32.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) preplay (d) display
  33. 33.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
  34. 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
  35. 35.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
  36. 36.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
  37. 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy before
  38. 38.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
  39. 39.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  40. 40.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) unheat

Answer key

  1. unequal
  2. prepay
  3. unsafe
  4. heat before
  5. lead wrongly
  6. dis-
  7. mis-
  8. un-
  9. misbehave
  10. pre-
  11. unkind
  12. unlucky
  13. not tidy
  14. not kind
  15. not clear
  16. reuse
  17. precook
  18. re-
  19. disrespect
  20. judge before
  21. read wrongly
  22. misuse
  23. recheck
  24. uncommon
  25. repaint
  26. cook before
  27. pay before
  28. use wrongly
  29. not well
  30. misspell
  31. heat again
  32. replay
  33. not usual
  34. spell wrongly
  35. not common
  36. visit again
  37. not happy
  38. not lucky
  39. unclear
  40. preheat

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