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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 846 · 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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
  2. 2.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  7. 7.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) reclear
  8. 8.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
  11. 11.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) not common (d) common before
  12. 12.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) not build (d) build before
  13. 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  14. 14.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  15. 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  16. 16.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  17. 17.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  18. 18.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
  19. 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  20. 20.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) dislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  23. 23.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  24. 24.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
  25. 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
  26. 26.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
  27. 27.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
  28. 28.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
  29. 29.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) fill before
  30. 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  31. 31.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  32. 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  33. 33.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  34. 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) unbehave (d) rebehave
  35. 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
  36. 36.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  38. 38.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) misfill
  39. 39.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) distell
  40. 40.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) unallow

Answer key

  1. not happy
  2. not safe
  3. mis-
  4. lead wrongly
  5. dis-
  6. not clear
  7. unclear
  8. behave wrongly
  9. pre-
  10. recheck
  11. not common
  12. build again
  13. unsafe
  14. prepay
  15. untidy
  16. not well
  17. check again
  18. not equal
  19. uncommon
  20. not honest
  21. unlucky
  22. un-
  23. open again
  24. discontinue
  25. not usual
  26. prejudge
  27. disagree
  28. understand wrongly
  29. fill again
  30. view before
  31. preheat
  32. read wrongly
  33. heat again
  34. misbehave
  35. not fair
  36. spell wrongly
  37. reuse
  38. refill
  39. retell
  40. disallow

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