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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 90 · 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 word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) disbuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
  2. 2.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  3. 3.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear again
  4. 4.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  5. 5.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
  6. 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  7. 7.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  8. 8.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  9. 9.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  12. 12.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) not view (d) view before
  13. 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  14. 14.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  16. 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  17. 17.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  18. 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  19. 19.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  21. 21.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  22. 22.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  23. 23.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) prelucky
  24. 24.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
  25. 25.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
  26. 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  27. 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) common before (d) not common
  28. 28.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) untell
  29. 29.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) unrespect
  30. 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect before
  31. 31.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  32. 32.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  33. 33.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
  34. 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave before
  35. 35.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  36. 36.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  37. 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) rekind
  40. 40.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell

Answer key

  1. rebuild
  2. misbehave
  3. hear wrongly
  4. unfair
  5. not continue
  6. misjudge
  7. use again
  8. not clear
  9. heat before
  10. pre-
  11. un-
  12. view before
  13. not allow
  14. untidy
  15. judge before
  16. re-
  17. play again
  18. not usual
  19. not kind
  20. dis-
  21. unusual
  22. disallow
  23. unlucky
  24. repaint
  25. rewrite
  26. mis-
  27. not common
  28. retell
  29. disrespect
  30. not respect
  31. not loyal
  32. understand wrongly
  33. build again
  34. behave wrongly
  35. not obey
  36. not equal
  37. write again
  38. not lucky
  39. unkind
  40. tell again

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