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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 974 · 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) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) dishear
  5. 5.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  8. 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
  9. 9.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  10. 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
  11. 11.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  12. 12.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  13. 13.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  14. 14.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  15. 15.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  16. 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  17. 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
  18. 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
  19. 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  20. 20.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  21. 21.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
  23. 23.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  24. 24.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  25. 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
  26. 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  27. 27.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  28. 28.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  29. 29.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) dislead
  30. 30.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  31. 31.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  32. 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
  33. 33.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
  34. 34.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) unvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
  35. 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  36. 36.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  37. 37.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  38. 38.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
  39. 39.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  40. 40.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) unobey

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. mis-
  3. pre-
  4. mishear
  5. not obey
  6. un-
  7. unkind
  8. disallow
  9. unusual
  10. unwell
  11. hear wrongly
  12. rewrite
  13. tell again
  14. untidy
  15. not well
  16. not happy
  17. place wrongly
  18. misbehave
  19. read wrongly
  20. not kind
  21. pay before
  22. reopen
  23. not respect
  24. rebuild
  25. paint again
  26. repaint
  27. not lucky
  28. judge wrongly
  29. mislead
  30. uncommon
  31. not equal
  32. refill
  33. build again
  34. revisit
  35. unclear
  36. not common
  37. use again
  38. unsafe
  39. dis-
  40. disobey

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