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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 807 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
  3. 3.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
  4. 4.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  5. 5.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  8. 8.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
  9. 9.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  10. 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  11. 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  12. 12.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  14. 14.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  15. 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  16. 16.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
  17. 17.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  18. 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  20. 20.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  21. 21.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  22. 22.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
  23. 23.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
  24. 24.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  25. 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  26. 26.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
  27. 27.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  29. 29.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
  30. 30.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  31. 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) not respect
  32. 32.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  33. 33.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) display (c) unplay (d) replay
  34. 34.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  36. 36.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
  37. 37.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  38. 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  39. 39.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  40. 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. discontinue
  3. open again
  4. prejudge
  5. unequal
  6. pre-
  7. un-
  8. build again
  9. not continue
  10. untidy
  11. not happy
  12. refill
  13. re-
  14. behave wrongly
  15. repaint
  16. place wrongly
  17. write again
  18. read wrongly
  19. dis-
  20. pay before
  21. tell again
  22. spell wrongly
  23. rebuild
  24. unkind
  25. play again
  26. not obey
  27. not safe
  28. join again
  29. unclear
  30. not common
  31. not respect
  32. dishonest
  33. replay
  34. visit again
  35. preheat
  36. paint again
  37. not loyal
  38. rejoin
  39. recheck
  40. unhappy

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