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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 823 · 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 “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  2. 2.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) not continue
  5. 5.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  6. 6.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  7. 7.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
  8. 8.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  10. 10.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  11. 11.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) mispaint
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  14. 14.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  15. 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  16. 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  17. 17.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) misfill (d) disfill
  18. 18.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
  19. 19.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair
  20. 20.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) preallow
  21. 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  24. 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) reusual
  25. 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) hear again
  26. 26.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) precheck (d) mischeck
  27. 27.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  28. 28.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) prerespect
  29. 29.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
  30. 30.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
  31. 31.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  32. 32.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  33. 33.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay again
  34. 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  35. 35.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) misplay (d) unplay
  36. 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) join again
  37. 37.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  38. 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  39. 39.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
  40. 40.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) unvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit

Answer key

  1. not respect
  2. rewrite
  3. re-
  4. not continue
  5. unsafe
  6. not well
  7. spell wrongly
  8. misspell
  9. mis-
  10. use wrongly
  11. not usual
  12. repaint
  13. pre-
  14. lead wrongly
  15. heat again
  16. not safe
  17. refill
  18. untidy
  19. not fair
  20. disallow
  21. not common
  22. un-
  23. dis-
  24. unusual
  25. hear wrongly
  26. recheck
  27. unfair
  28. disrespect
  29. not equal
  30. unkind
  31. judge before
  32. rebuild
  33. pay before
  34. misbehave
  35. replay
  36. join again
  37. not tidy
  38. not happy
  39. retell
  40. revisit

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