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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 901 · 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 “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  4. 4.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) unbehave
  9. 9.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  10. 10.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) disview (d) preview
  11. 11.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) miscommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
  13. 13.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  14. 14.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place before
  15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  16. 16.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) preagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
  17. 17.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) precount (d) uncount
  18. 18.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  19. 19.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
  20. 20.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree before
  21. 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  22. 22.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  23. 23.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) misplace
  24. 24.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  25. 25.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  26. 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  27. 27.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  29. 29.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand before
  30. 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) not visit
  31. 31.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  32. 32.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
  33. 33.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) display
  34. 34.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) mistell
  35. 35.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
  36. 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
  37. 37.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  38. 38.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) prerespect (c) misrespect (d) disrespect
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) miscontinue (c) uncontinue (d) discontinue
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again

Answer key

  1. unsafe
  2. re-
  3. paint again
  4. unhappy
  5. dis-
  6. pre-
  7. un-
  8. misbehave
  9. judge before
  10. preview
  11. use wrongly
  12. uncommon
  13. spell wrongly
  14. place wrongly
  15. mis-
  16. disagree
  17. miscount
  18. not tidy
  19. build again
  20. not agree
  21. write again
  22. not kind
  23. misplace
  24. not loyal
  25. repaint
  26. heat before
  27. view before
  28. hear wrongly
  29. understand wrongly
  30. visit again
  31. not honest
  32. open again
  33. replay
  34. retell
  35. tell again
  36. not continue
  37. use again
  38. disrespect
  39. discontinue
  40. judge wrongly

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