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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 906 · 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 “pay before”? (a) repay (b) dispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  2. 2.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  3. 3.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  6. 6.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) replace
  7. 7.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
  8. 8.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  9. 9.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  10. 10.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) preplay (d) replay
  11. 11.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  16. 16.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  17. 17.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  18. 18.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
  19. 19.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  20. 20.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) not fill
  21. 21.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) dislead (d) relead
  22. 22.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  23. 23.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  24. 24.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  25. 25.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  26. 26.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) agree again
  27. 27.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
  28. 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  29. 29.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  30. 30.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  31. 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  32. 32.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) prekind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  33. 33.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
  34. 34.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  35. 35.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
  36. 36.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) not hear
  37. 37.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) prejoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
  38. 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  39. 39.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
  40. 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear

Answer key

  1. prepay
  2. repaint
  3. not usual
  4. pre-
  5. dis-
  6. misplace
  7. spell wrongly
  8. not safe
  9. lead wrongly
  10. replay
  11. not tidy
  12. mis-
  13. un-
  14. not happy
  15. re-
  16. write again
  17. refill
  18. reopen
  19. behave wrongly
  20. fill again
  21. mislead
  22. play again
  23. preheat
  24. heat again
  25. not common
  26. not agree
  27. not fair
  28. not equal
  29. untidy
  30. tell again
  31. not respect
  32. unkind
  33. disobey
  34. not loyal
  35. not well
  36. hear wrongly
  37. rejoin
  38. not kind
  39. rewrite
  40. not clear

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