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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 77 · 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 prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  3. 3.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) prekind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  4. 4.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave before
  5. 5.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) preclear (d) reclear
  6. 6.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  7. 7.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  9. 9.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit again
  10. 10.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) prebuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
  13. 13.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  14. 14.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) refair
  15. 15.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
  16. 16.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) relead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  17. 17.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  19. 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) retell
  20. 20.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) write before
  21. 21.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
  22. 22.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  23. 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  24. 24.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) prefill
  25. 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  26. 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
  27. 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
  28. 28.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  29. 29.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) check before
  30. 30.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  31. 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  33. 33.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) unread (d) preread
  34. 34.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  35. 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
  36. 36.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  37. 37.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) preloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  39. 39.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) not pay
  40. 40.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. not loyal
  3. unkind
  4. behave wrongly
  5. unclear
  6. use wrongly
  7. not allow
  8. dis-
  9. visit again
  10. not safe
  11. pre-
  12. rebuild
  13. reuse
  14. unfair
  15. not honest
  16. mislead
  17. not respect
  18. mis-
  19. retell
  20. write again
  21. not lucky
  22. misunderstand
  23. not common
  24. refill
  25. paint again
  26. disobey
  27. tell again
  28. not obey
  29. check again
  30. read wrongly
  31. build again
  32. un-
  33. misread
  34. reheat
  35. not clear
  36. preheat
  37. disloyal
  38. untidy
  39. pay before
  40. fill again

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