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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 930 · 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 fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) disfair
  2. 2.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) prehear
  3. 3.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  4. 4.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  5. 5.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  9. 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) honest before
  10. 10.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  13. 13.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  14. 14.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) unfill
  16. 16.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  18. 18.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  19. 19.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  20. 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) not hear
  21. 21.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  22. 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  23. 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) unplace
  25. 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  26. 26.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) not cook
  27. 27.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  28. 28.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
  29. 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  30. 30.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
  31. 31.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead before
  32. 32.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
  33. 33.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  34. 34.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) uncount
  35. 35.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  36. 36.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  37. 37.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) preview (d) review
  38. 38.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
  40. 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) unspell (c) prespell (d) disspell

Answer key

  1. unfair
  2. mishear
  3. use wrongly
  4. view before
  5. unusual
  6. uncommon
  7. un-
  8. not happy
  9. not honest
  10. not safe
  11. dis-
  12. use again
  13. dishonest
  14. not kind
  15. refill
  16. build again
  17. re-
  18. disobey
  19. open again
  20. hear wrongly
  21. visit again
  22. not lucky
  23. not agree
  24. misplace
  25. pre-
  26. cook before
  27. not obey
  28. untidy
  29. behave wrongly
  30. fill again
  31. lead wrongly
  32. disagree
  33. not fair
  34. miscount
  35. not tidy
  36. misuse
  37. preview
  38. mis-
  39. discontinue
  40. misspell

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