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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 908 · 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 “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
  2. 2.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  3. 3.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
  4. 4.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) prefill
  5. 5.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) preequal
  6. 6.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
  7. 7.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  9. 9.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
  10. 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  11. 11.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  12. 12.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  14. 14.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) rerespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
  15. 15.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
  16. 16.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  18. 18.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) not paint
  19. 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  20. 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  21. 21.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  22. 22.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) misview (c) preview (d) disview
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
  24. 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  26. 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  27. 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) respell
  28. 28.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  29. 29.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  30. 30.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) unbehave (d) rebehave
  31. 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  32. 32.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  33. 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
  34. 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) prehappy
  36. 36.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  37. 37.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) dislead
  38. 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  39. 39.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
  40. 40.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky

Answer key

  1. rewrite
  2. understand wrongly
  3. build again
  4. refill
  5. unequal
  6. spell wrongly
  7. disallow
  8. re-
  9. tell again
  10. dishonest
  11. play again
  12. not obey
  13. unfair
  14. disrespect
  15. not common
  16. judge before
  17. unlucky
  18. paint again
  19. mis-
  20. disobey
  21. repaint
  22. preview
  23. rejoin
  24. unusual
  25. un-
  26. unkind
  27. misspell
  28. reuse
  29. join again
  30. misbehave
  31. heat before
  32. pre-
  33. not safe
  34. not well
  35. unhappy
  36. pay before
  37. mislead
  38. misuse
  39. revisit
  40. not lucky

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