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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 956 · 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.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  3. 3.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  4. 4.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) recook
  5. 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  8. 8.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
  9. 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  10. 10.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
  11. 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  12. 12.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  13. 13.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  14. 14.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view again (d) view wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) preplace
  16. 16.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
  17. 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
  19. 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  20. 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  22. 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  23. 23.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) mispay
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  25. 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  26. 26.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  27. 27.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) disusual
  28. 28.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  29. 29.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  31. 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
  32. 32.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) disvisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit
  33. 33.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  34. 34.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  35. 35.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  36. 36.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) reread (d) misread
  37. 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  38. 38.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  39. 39.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  40. 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly

Answer key

  1. heat again
  2. re-
  3. pay before
  4. precook
  5. not happy
  6. mis-
  7. not safe
  8. not continue
  9. unclear
  10. disobey
  11. not lucky
  12. repaint
  13. not equal
  14. view before
  15. misplace
  16. disagree
  17. pre-
  18. refill
  19. judge before
  20. misbehave
  21. dis-
  22. not tidy
  23. prepay
  24. un-
  25. untidy
  26. misunderstand
  27. unusual
  28. unsafe
  29. cook before
  30. unequal
  31. build again
  32. revisit
  33. use wrongly
  34. reheat
  35. write again
  36. misread
  37. unkind
  38. hear wrongly
  39. rewrite
  40. behave wrongly

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