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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 868 · 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 “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  2. 2.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  8. 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  9. 9.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
  11. 11.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) miscook (d) precook
  12. 12.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  13. 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  14. 14.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
  15. 15.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
  16. 16.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  19. 19.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  20. 20.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  21. 21.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  22. 22.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) disbuild
  23. 23.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open again (d) open wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) preplace
  25. 25.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  26. 26.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) unopen
  27. 27.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  28. 28.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  29. 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  30. 30.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
  31. 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  32. 32.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) rekind
  33. 33.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  34. 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  35. 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) discount
  36. 36.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) understand before
  37. 37.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
  38. 38.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  39. 39.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  40. 40.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly

Answer key

  1. not equal
  2. pay before
  3. re-
  4. dis-
  5. unlucky
  6. pre-
  7. unequal
  8. not usual
  9. not tidy
  10. preheat
  11. precook
  12. write again
  13. heat before
  14. behave wrongly
  15. not agree
  16. check again
  17. unsafe
  18. mis-
  19. build again
  20. not loyal
  21. not clear
  22. rebuild
  23. open again
  24. misplace
  25. judge before
  26. reopen
  27. misuse
  28. refill
  29. un-
  30. not happy
  31. tell again
  32. unkind
  33. not common
  34. not well
  35. miscount
  36. understand wrongly
  37. unclear
  38. unfair
  39. use wrongly
  40. view before

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