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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 880 · 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) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  4. 4.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  5. 5.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  6. 6.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  7. 7.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  8. 8.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  9. 9.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) pretell (d) untell
  10. 10.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) cook before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  14. 14.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  15. 15.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  16. 16.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  17. 17.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  18. 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  19. 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  20. 20.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  23. 23.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  25. 25.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair before
  26. 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  27. 27.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
  28. 28.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  29. 29.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) dishear
  30. 30.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  31. 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  32. 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) unfill
  33. 33.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  34. 34.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  35. 35.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) mispay
  36. 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
  37. 37.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  38. 38.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  39. 39.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  40. 40.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. pre-
  3. not respect
  4. unclear
  5. not safe
  6. judge before
  7. behave wrongly
  8. not happy
  9. retell
  10. cook before
  11. re-
  12. mis-
  13. reheat
  14. untidy
  15. disobey
  16. preheat
  17. not usual
  18. not loyal
  19. unsafe
  20. misplace
  21. dis-
  22. join again
  23. hear wrongly
  24. prejudge
  25. not fair
  26. view before
  27. disrespect
  28. read wrongly
  29. mishear
  30. heat again
  31. build again
  32. refill
  33. not equal
  34. use again
  35. prepay
  36. repaint
  37. not clear
  38. tell again
  39. not lucky
  40. place wrongly

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