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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 907 · 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 wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  2. 2.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
  5. 5.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  6. 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  9. 9.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
  10. 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) prewell
  11. 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  12. 12.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
  13. 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) prekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  14. 14.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  16. 16.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  17. 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  18. 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  19. 19.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  20. 20.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
  21. 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  22. 22.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
  23. 23.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  24. 24.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  25. 25.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
  26. 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  27. 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) misspell
  28. 28.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) not read
  29. 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  30. 30.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  31. 31.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  32. 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  33. 33.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  34. 34.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  35. 35.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) unpay
  36. 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) miscommon
  37. 37.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead again
  38. 38.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
  39. 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  40. 40.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview

Answer key

  1. not happy
  2. visit again
  3. pre-
  4. open again
  5. mislead
  6. disloyal
  7. mis-
  8. dis-
  9. play again
  10. unwell
  11. not agree
  12. join again
  13. unkind
  14. check again
  15. un-
  16. disobey
  17. not lucky
  18. unsafe
  19. dishonest
  20. precook
  21. untidy
  22. not clear
  23. preheat
  24. misbehave
  25. refill
  26. not well
  27. misspell
  28. read wrongly
  29. not tidy
  30. use wrongly
  31. recheck
  32. unlucky
  33. re-
  34. heat before
  35. prepay
  36. uncommon
  37. lead wrongly
  38. not safe
  39. unusual
  40. preview

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