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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 773 · 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 safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
  2. 2.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) misloyal
  3. 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
  4. 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  5. 5.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) miscook (d) precook
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) misusual
  9. 9.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) dispay
  11. 11.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
  12. 12.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) prekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  15. 15.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  16. 16.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) not paint
  17. 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  18. 18.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  19. 19.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  20. 20.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) misview
  21. 21.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  22. 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
  23. 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  26. 26.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  27. 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) dislucky
  28. 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  29. 29.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) prehappy
  30. 30.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  31. 31.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  32. 32.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  33. 33.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
  34. 34.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) not kind
  35. 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
  36. 36.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand again
  37. 37.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  38. 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
  39. 39.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  40. 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint

Answer key

  1. unsafe
  2. disloyal
  3. prejudge
  4. spell wrongly
  5. precook
  6. re-
  7. dis-
  8. unusual
  9. not continue
  10. prepay
  11. write again
  12. unkind
  13. pre-
  14. misuse
  15. heat before
  16. paint again
  17. misplace
  18. count wrongly
  19. misbehave
  20. preview
  21. view before
  22. pay before
  23. mis-
  24. not well
  25. un-
  26. not safe
  27. unlucky
  28. not equal
  29. unhappy
  30. rebuild
  31. not loyal
  32. reheat
  33. disrespect
  34. not kind
  35. unclear
  36. understand wrongly
  37. judge wrongly
  38. rejoin
  39. join again
  40. repaint

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