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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 936 · 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 “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  5. 5.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  7. 7.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  8. 8.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  11. 11.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  12. 12.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  14. 14.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
  15. 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
  17. 17.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  18. 18.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
  19. 19.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
  20. 20.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  21. 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
  22. 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  23. 23.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  24. 24.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
  25. 25.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  26. 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) retell
  27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  28. 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  29. 29.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
  30. 30.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  31. 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) misfill
  32. 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  33. 33.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
  34. 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
  35. 35.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) unpay
  36. 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
  37. 37.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
  38. 38.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  39. 39.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. not common
  3. un-
  4. pre-
  5. not respect
  6. uncommon
  7. use wrongly
  8. not safe
  9. rebuild
  10. mis-
  11. reuse
  12. pay before
  13. unfair
  14. unequal
  15. heat again
  16. not usual
  17. misuse
  18. reopen
  19. write again
  20. unkind
  21. revisit
  22. hear wrongly
  23. cook before
  24. misjudge
  25. not tidy
  26. retell
  27. dis-
  28. not lucky
  29. disrespect
  30. untidy
  31. refill
  32. unlucky
  33. count wrongly
  34. fill again
  35. prepay
  36. not continue
  37. disagree
  38. dishonest
  39. not happy
  40. build again

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