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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 81 · 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.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) not agree
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) untell (d) mistell
  4. 4.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  5. 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
  7. 7.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  8. 8.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect again
  9. 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  10. 10.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) disbuild
  11. 11.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  12. 12.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  13. 13.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  14. 14.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
  15. 15.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) prepay
  16. 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  18. 18.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  19. 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
  20. 20.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) rewell
  21. 21.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  23. 23.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  25. 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  26. 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
  27. 27.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  28. 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) open again
  29. 29.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  30. 30.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
  31. 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  32. 32.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  33. 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  34. 34.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  36. 36.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
  37. 37.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  38. 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
  39. 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) preplay (d) replay
  40. 40.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again

Answer key

  1. not agree
  2. mis-
  3. retell
  4. not allow
  5. visit again
  6. disloyal
  7. unhappy
  8. not respect
  9. heat again
  10. rebuild
  11. hear wrongly
  12. not obey
  13. not kind
  14. disobey
  15. prepay
  16. recheck
  17. re-
  18. judge wrongly
  19. uncommon
  20. unwell
  21. unkind
  22. dis-
  23. misbehave
  24. un-
  25. pre-
  26. dishonest
  27. reuse
  28. open again
  29. heat before
  30. revisit
  31. not tidy
  32. not continue
  33. not safe
  34. place wrongly
  35. untidy
  36. pay before
  37. repaint
  38. not clear
  39. replay
  40. not lucky

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