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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 814 · 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 “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  2. 2.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
  3. 3.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) disjoin
  4. 4.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  6. 6.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
  7. 7.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) disusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  8. 8.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) precount (d) miscount
  9. 9.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) refill
  11. 11.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) misopen
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  13. 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
  18. 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
  20. 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
  21. 21.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
  22. 22.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) reloyal (c) preloyal (d) unloyal
  23. 23.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  24. 24.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  25. 25.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  26. 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) distell
  27. 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  28. 28.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  29. 29.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
  30. 30.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
  31. 31.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  32. 32.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) uncook
  34. 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) prebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  36. 36.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
  38. 38.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) precheck (d) uncheck
  39. 39.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  40. 40.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell

Answer key

  1. not safe
  2. visit again
  3. rejoin
  4. not tidy
  5. re-
  6. not clear
  7. unusual
  8. miscount
  9. not continue
  10. refill
  11. reopen
  12. pre-
  13. lead wrongly
  14. dis-
  15. not loyal
  16. mis-
  17. build again
  18. not usual
  19. unsafe
  20. paint again
  21. uncommon
  22. disloyal
  23. disobey
  24. cook before
  25. tell again
  26. retell
  27. judge before
  28. not happy
  29. repaint
  30. rebuild
  31. misuse
  32. fill again
  33. precook
  34. join again
  35. misbehave
  36. play again
  37. untidy
  38. recheck
  39. un-
  40. spell wrongly

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