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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 208 · 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 “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  2. 2.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  3. 3.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  4. 4.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) unloyal
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  7. 7.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  9. 9.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) repay
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  13. 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
  14. 14.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) prehonest
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  16. 16.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
  17. 17.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
  18. 18.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  19. 19.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common again (d) common before
  20. 20.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) mislucky
  21. 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  22. 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  23. 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  24. 24.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  25. 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
  26. 26.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  27. 27.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) disfair
  28. 28.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
  29. 29.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  30. 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) not view
  31. 31.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  32. 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) misfill
  33. 33.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) prekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  34. 34.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) disallow (c) preallow (d) unallow
  35. 35.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  36. 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  37. 37.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) recook (d) miscook
  38. 38.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  40. 40.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before

Answer key

  1. not safe
  2. count wrongly
  3. not tidy
  4. disloyal
  5. pre-
  6. dis-
  7. unsafe
  8. mis-
  9. prepay
  10. re-
  11. un-
  12. untidy
  13. unclear
  14. dishonest
  15. judge before
  16. not continue
  17. recheck
  18. not fair
  19. not common
  20. unlucky
  21. not well
  22. disobey
  23. heat before
  24. tell again
  25. not lucky
  26. misunderstand
  27. unfair
  28. uncommon
  29. unhappy
  30. view before
  31. not loyal
  32. refill
  33. unkind
  34. disallow
  35. cook before
  36. repaint
  37. precook
  38. read wrongly
  39. reheat
  40. visit again

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