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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 943 · 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) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  3. 3.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
  6. 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
  7. 7.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well again
  8. 8.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  11. 11.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  14. 14.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  15. 15.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  16. 16.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) refair (d) unfair
  17. 17.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  18. 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell again
  19. 19.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  21. 21.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  22. 22.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) misbuild (d) disbuild
  23. 23.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  25. 25.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) miswell
  26. 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
  27. 27.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
  28. 28.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  29. 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) misfill
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  33. 33.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  34. 34.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) not obey
  35. 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) distell (d) pretell
  36. 36.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  37. 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  38. 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) presafe (d) missafe
  40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand before

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. not tidy
  3. misunderstand
  4. dis-
  5. place wrongly
  6. disrespect
  7. not well
  8. reopen
  9. pre-
  10. unclear
  11. untidy
  12. mis-
  13. uncommon
  14. not happy
  15. mislead
  16. unfair
  17. unlucky
  18. tell again
  19. not fair
  20. recheck
  21. not safe
  22. rebuild
  23. not respect
  24. un-
  25. unwell
  26. unequal
  27. pay before
  28. heat before
  29. refill
  30. not equal
  31. disobey
  32. behave wrongly
  33. not common
  34. not obey
  35. retell
  36. not loyal
  37. not honest
  38. open again
  39. unsafe
  40. understand wrongly

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