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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 934 · 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 prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open before (d) open wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  6. 6.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  7. 7.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  8. 8.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  9. 9.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  10. 10.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy again
  11. 11.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  12. 12.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  14. 14.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow again (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  15. 15.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  16. 16.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check again
  17. 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  18. 18.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) unjoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
  19. 19.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  20. 20.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  21. 21.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
  22. 22.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  23. 23.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  24. 24.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  25. 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  26. 26.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  29. 29.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
  30. 30.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  31. 31.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
  32. 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  33. 33.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  35. 35.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  36. 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
  37. 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
  39. 39.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
  40. 40.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. use wrongly
  3. pre-
  4. open again
  5. reheat
  6. not clear
  7. not usual
  8. visit again
  9. play again
  10. not happy
  11. disallow
  12. heat again
  13. re-
  14. not allow
  15. not safe
  16. check again
  17. unequal
  18. rejoin
  19. not honest
  20. not obey
  21. not agree
  22. heat before
  23. fill again
  24. repaint
  25. mis-
  26. spell wrongly
  27. revisit
  28. dis-
  29. retell
  30. misuse
  31. paint again
  32. unlucky
  33. use again
  34. unkind
  35. join again
  36. not continue
  37. not kind
  38. untidy
  39. disagree
  40. disrespect

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