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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 794 · 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 “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  2. 2.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  3. 3.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  6. 6.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
  7. 7.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  8. 8.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) unopen
  9. 9.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
  10. 10.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  11. 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  13. 13.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
  14. 14.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) not pay
  15. 15.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  17. 17.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) misview (c) review (d) unview
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  19. 19.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) disread (c) reread (d) misread
  20. 20.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  21. 21.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) not count
  22. 22.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  23. 23.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) misallow
  24. 24.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  25. 25.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  26. 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  27. 27.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  28. 28.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) unbuild (d) disbuild
  29. 29.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) not obey
  30. 30.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  31. 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) prejoin (c) misjoin (d) rejoin
  34. 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) well before (d) not well
  35. 35.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
  36. 36.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  37. 37.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
  38. 38.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  40. 40.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly

Answer key

  1. reuse
  2. not happy
  3. unfair
  4. re-
  5. unhappy
  6. read wrongly
  7. unwell
  8. reopen
  9. not usual
  10. repaint
  11. spell wrongly
  12. un-
  13. fill again
  14. pay before
  15. not kind
  16. mis-
  17. preview
  18. dis-
  19. misread
  20. use again
  21. count wrongly
  22. judge before
  23. disallow
  24. open again
  25. not fair
  26. pre-
  27. use wrongly
  28. rebuild
  29. not obey
  30. not agree
  31. not tidy
  32. not lucky
  33. rejoin
  34. not well
  35. unsafe
  36. unusual
  37. disobey
  38. build again
  39. heat before
  40. join again

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