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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 872 · 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) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  3. 3.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead again
  4. 4.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
  5. 5.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
  7. 7.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check before
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) dislead (d) prelead
  10. 10.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  11. 11.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
  12. 12.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe before
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  14. 14.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  15. 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  16. 16.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  17. 17.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) disallow
  18. 18.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
  19. 19.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
  20. 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  21. 21.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) read again
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  23. 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  24. 24.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
  25. 25.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  26. 26.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
  27. 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  28. 28.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  30. 30.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  31. 31.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) prespell (c) respell (d) disspell
  32. 32.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  33. 33.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) allow again (d) not allow
  34. 34.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  35. 35.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  36. 36.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  37. 37.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  38. 38.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  39. 39.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  40. 40.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. misbehave
  3. lead wrongly
  4. not usual
  5. not loyal
  6. misunderstand
  7. check again
  8. un-
  9. mislead
  10. count wrongly
  11. not well
  12. not safe
  13. re-
  14. not equal
  15. heat again
  16. misuse
  17. disallow
  18. build again
  19. reheat
  20. not lucky
  21. read wrongly
  22. dis-
  23. heat before
  24. not clear
  25. spell wrongly
  26. rebuild
  27. untidy
  28. paint again
  29. unfair
  30. pre-
  31. misspell
  32. open again
  33. not allow
  34. prepay
  35. reuse
  36. unclear
  37. not tidy
  38. hear wrongly
  39. preheat
  40. not kind

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