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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 149 · 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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  5. 5.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  6. 6.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) precook (d) uncook
  7. 7.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  8. 8.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  13. 13.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  14. 14.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
  15. 15.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  16. 16.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  17. 17.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) misallow (d) preallow
  18. 18.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
  19. 19.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  20. 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
  21. 21.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  22. 22.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  23. 23.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
  25. 25.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  26. 26.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  27. 27.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  28. 28.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
  29. 29.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  30. 30.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  31. 31.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) prebuild (d) unbuild
  32. 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  33. 33.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
  34. 34.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  35. 35.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
  36. 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
  38. 38.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) unplay (d) replay
  40. 40.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write before (d) write again

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. dis-
  3. pre-
  4. not loyal
  5. heat before
  6. precook
  7. not respect
  8. not well
  9. mis-
  10. unlucky
  11. re-
  12. unusual
  13. check again
  14. uncommon
  15. misuse
  16. revisit
  17. disallow
  18. not obey
  19. unkind
  20. not lucky
  21. unequal
  22. not continue
  23. not honest
  24. unhappy
  25. not happy
  26. count wrongly
  27. understand wrongly
  28. play again
  29. preheat
  30. misbehave
  31. rebuild
  32. not kind
  33. not allow
  34. reuse
  35. untidy
  36. join again
  37. unsafe
  38. pay before
  39. replay
  40. write again

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