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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 770 · 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 “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
  3. 3.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  4. 4.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) prelead
  5. 5.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) dispay (c) mispay (d) prepay
  7. 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  8. 8.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  13. 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
  14. 14.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  15. 15.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  16. 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) not count (d) count before
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  19. 19.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  20. 20.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) preplay (d) unplay
  21. 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  22. 22.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
  24. 24.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  25. 25.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  26. 26.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  28. 28.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  29. 29.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
  30. 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect before
  31. 31.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) replace
  33. 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) diswell (d) miswell
  34. 34.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
  35. 35.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  36. 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  37. 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
  38. 38.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) rekind
  40. 40.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. judge before
  3. reheat
  4. mislead
  5. lead wrongly
  6. prepay
  7. not lucky
  8. behave wrongly
  9. unsafe
  10. mis-
  11. un-
  12. unequal
  13. not allow
  14. disallow
  15. unhappy
  16. re-
  17. count wrongly
  18. dis-
  19. not clear
  20. replay
  21. not well
  22. build again
  23. rejoin
  24. heat again
  25. not common
  26. not safe
  27. unusual
  28. unclear
  29. revisit
  30. not respect
  31. fill again
  32. misplace
  33. unwell
  34. cook before
  35. place wrongly
  36. not kind
  37. rewrite
  38. reopen
  39. unkind
  40. tell again

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