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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 961 · 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 “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) misplay
  3. 3.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
  4. 4.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) recount (d) miscount
  8. 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  11. 11.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
  12. 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  13. 13.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  15. 15.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) unlead
  17. 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand again
  19. 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) preusual
  20. 20.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  21. 21.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) unrespect
  22. 22.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
  23. 23.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  24. 24.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  25. 25.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) not respect
  26. 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) rekind
  27. 27.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  28. 28.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) relucky
  29. 29.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  30. 30.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
  32. 32.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
  33. 33.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) miscommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
  34. 34.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  35. 35.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  36. 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
  37. 37.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) disfill
  38. 38.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) recook (d) discook
  39. 39.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  40. 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave

Answer key

  1. build again
  2. replay
  3. reopen
  4. unsafe
  5. un-
  6. play again
  7. miscount
  8. disallow
  9. dis-
  10. unhappy
  11. discontinue
  12. not kind
  13. not honest
  14. pre-
  15. judge wrongly
  16. mislead
  17. unfair
  18. understand wrongly
  19. unusual
  20. use wrongly
  21. disrespect
  22. revisit
  23. not safe
  24. re-
  25. not respect
  26. unkind
  27. check again
  28. unlucky
  29. misbehave
  30. not common
  31. misplace
  32. paint again
  33. uncommon
  34. mis-
  35. reuse
  36. disobey
  37. refill
  38. precook
  39. mishear
  40. behave wrongly

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