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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 849 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  3. 3.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) dissafe
  4. 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) prehonest (d) rehonest
  5. 5.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  6. 6.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  7. 7.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  10. 10.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  12. 12.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) not cook
  13. 13.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) distell
  16. 16.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  17. 17.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  18. 18.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
  19. 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) prelead (d) relead
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
  22. 22.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) replay (d) misplay
  23. 23.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  24. 24.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
  25. 25.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) precook
  26. 26.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  27. 27.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  28. 28.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) reloyal (c) unloyal (d) misloyal
  29. 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy before
  30. 30.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) unwell
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) miskind
  32. 32.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
  33. 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) misvisit
  34. 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
  35. 35.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay again
  36. 36.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  37. 37.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  38. 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  39. 39.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
  40. 40.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. build again
  3. unsafe
  4. dishonest
  5. not tidy
  6. not allow
  7. not honest
  8. dis-
  9. reuse
  10. heat before
  11. un-
  12. cook before
  13. recheck
  14. pre-
  15. retell
  16. hear wrongly
  17. not clear
  18. open again
  19. mislead
  20. re-
  21. unhappy
  22. replay
  23. unlucky
  24. not usual
  25. precook
  26. use again
  27. not safe
  28. disloyal
  29. not happy
  30. unwell
  31. unkind
  32. unequal
  33. revisit
  34. disobey
  35. pay before
  36. check again
  37. misjudge
  38. spell wrongly
  39. not obey
  40. unfair

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