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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 199 · 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 “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count again (d) count before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) preequal
  4. 4.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  7. 7.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  8. 8.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) not join (d) join again
  9. 9.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
  10. 10.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) unplay (d) replay
  11. 11.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  13. 13.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  15. 15.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  16. 16.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  17. 17.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  19. 19.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  21. 21.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
  22. 22.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  23. 23.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) pretell
  24. 24.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
  25. 25.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  26. 26.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  27. 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  29. 29.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  30. 30.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read before
  31. 31.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) reloyal
  32. 32.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
  33. 33.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
  34. 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  35. 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  36. 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  37. 37.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  39. 39.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue again
  40. 40.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky

Answer key

  1. count wrongly
  2. un-
  3. unequal
  4. not safe
  5. mis-
  6. misjudge
  7. not obey
  8. join again
  9. not clear
  10. replay
  11. repaint
  12. untidy
  13. open again
  14. re-
  15. tell again
  16. use again
  17. lead wrongly
  18. reuse
  19. use wrongly
  20. pre-
  21. place wrongly
  22. judge wrongly
  23. retell
  24. paint again
  25. refill
  26. unsafe
  27. write again
  28. dis-
  29. unhappy
  30. read wrongly
  31. disloyal
  32. misbehave
  33. rewrite
  34. disobey
  35. recheck
  36. not kind
  37. not agree
  38. unusual
  39. not continue
  40. unlucky

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