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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 843 · 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 “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  5. 5.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) dispaint
  6. 6.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) preview (d) review
  7. 7.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
  8. 8.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  9. 9.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
  10. 10.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) not view
  11. 11.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  15. 15.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
  16. 16.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  17. 17.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect again
  18. 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) recount
  20. 20.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  21. 21.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) misfill
  22. 22.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  23. 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  24. 24.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) miskind
  25. 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear again
  26. 26.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  27. 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  28. 28.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
  29. 29.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  30. 30.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  31. 31.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill before
  32. 32.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  33. 33.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  34. 34.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  36. 36.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) dispay
  37. 37.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) unbehave (d) prebehave
  38. 38.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
  39. 39.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
  40. 40.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. not obey
  3. mis-
  4. reuse
  5. repaint
  6. preview
  7. disobey
  8. untidy
  9. disloyal
  10. view before
  11. preheat
  12. un-
  13. misuse
  14. re-
  15. rewrite
  16. unequal
  17. not respect
  18. not honest
  19. miscount
  20. not safe
  21. refill
  22. dishonest
  23. pre-
  24. unkind
  25. hear wrongly
  26. unwell
  27. write again
  28. spell wrongly
  29. unsafe
  30. use again
  31. fill again
  32. check again
  33. not happy
  34. not continue
  35. misjudge
  36. prepay
  37. misbehave
  38. not equal
  39. not kind
  40. not tidy

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