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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 89 · 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 again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  2. 2.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  3. 3.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  4. 4.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) disfill (c) misfill (d) unfill
  5. 5.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) prerespect
  10. 10.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
  11. 11.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave before
  12. 12.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  13. 13.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) disallow
  14. 14.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  15. 15.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) rewrite
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  18. 18.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) cook again
  19. 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  20. 20.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  22. 22.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  23. 23.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
  24. 24.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
  25. 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  26. 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) mispaint (d) prepaint
  27. 27.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
  28. 28.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  29. 29.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  31. 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  32. 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  33. 33.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  34. 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  35. 35.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  36. 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  37. 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
  39. 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
  40. 40.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again

Answer key

  1. not happy
  2. pay before
  3. reheat
  4. refill
  5. open again
  6. un-
  7. disloyal
  8. re-
  9. disrespect
  10. use again
  11. behave wrongly
  12. not loyal
  13. disallow
  14. rejoin
  15. not lucky
  16. rewrite
  17. mis-
  18. cook before
  19. unusual
  20. place wrongly
  21. unsafe
  22. not kind
  23. not respect
  24. disagree
  25. pre-
  26. repaint
  27. heat before
  28. discontinue
  29. play again
  30. preheat
  31. dis-
  32. join again
  33. visit again
  34. not tidy
  35. reuse
  36. uncommon
  37. not equal
  38. retell
  39. not honest
  40. heat again

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