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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 915 · 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 equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  2. 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  3. 3.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) discheck
  4. 4.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  5. 5.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  6. 6.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  10. 10.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
  11. 11.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) preloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
  12. 12.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  16. 16.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  18. 18.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) disallow (c) preallow (d) unallow
  19. 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  20. 20.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  22. 22.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) not view
  23. 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  25. 25.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  26. 26.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) not build
  27. 27.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
  28. 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  29. 29.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) misview (d) review
  30. 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  31. 31.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
  32. 32.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
  33. 33.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) replace
  34. 34.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  35. 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) misclear
  37. 37.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  38. 38.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  39. 39.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) untell
  40. 40.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) prepay

Answer key

  1. unequal
  2. heat before
  3. recheck
  4. not safe
  5. judge before
  6. not allow
  7. disagree
  8. dis-
  9. unfair
  10. lead wrongly
  11. disloyal
  12. disobey
  13. mis-
  14. pre-
  15. not tidy
  16. join again
  17. unkind
  18. disallow
  19. unsafe
  20. not common
  21. un-
  22. view before
  23. tell again
  24. not happy
  25. misbehave
  26. build again
  27. not honest
  28. write again
  29. preview
  30. visit again
  31. uncommon
  32. misuse
  33. misplace
  34. re-
  35. play again
  36. unclear
  37. reuse
  38. judge wrongly
  39. retell
  40. prepay

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