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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 913 · 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 “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) replay (d) preplay
  2. 2.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  3. 3.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  4. 4.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  5. 5.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  7. 7.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
  8. 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) preallow
  9. 9.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  10. 10.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  11. 11.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  13. 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  14. 14.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  15. 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  16. 16.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  18. 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  19. 19.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  20. 20.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
  21. 21.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
  22. 22.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  23. 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  24. 24.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  25. 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) relead
  26. 26.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect again
  27. 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  28. 28.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  29. 29.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) discheck
  31. 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  32. 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) recook
  33. 33.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  34. 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) not spell
  35. 35.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  36. 36.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
  37. 37.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) misloyal
  38. 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) retell
  39. 39.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  40. 40.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill

Answer key

  1. replay
  2. not safe
  3. reheat
  4. unusual
  5. check again
  6. un-
  7. write again
  8. disallow
  9. not agree
  10. open again
  11. not obey
  12. re-
  13. lead wrongly
  14. not continue
  15. hear wrongly
  16. not honest
  17. mis-
  18. not usual
  19. pre-
  20. rewrite
  21. pay before
  22. tell again
  23. not common
  24. reuse
  25. mislead
  26. not respect
  27. misspell
  28. count wrongly
  29. paint again
  30. recheck
  31. dis-
  32. precook
  33. prepay
  34. spell wrongly
  35. heat again
  36. behave wrongly
  37. disloyal
  38. retell
  39. not fair
  40. refill

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