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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 217 · 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) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  3. 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) resafe
  5. 5.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  6. 6.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) prewell
  7. 7.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  9. 9.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) disloyal
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  14. 14.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal again
  15. 15.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write before (d) write wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  17. 17.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  19. 19.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) ununderstand
  20. 20.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  21. 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) uncount (d) miscount
  22. 22.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  23. 23.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  24. 24.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  25. 25.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  26. 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
  27. 27.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  28. 28.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) disfair
  29. 29.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  30. 30.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) disview (c) review (d) misview
  31. 31.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) displace
  32. 32.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  33. 33.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  34. 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
  35. 35.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) rekind
  36. 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  37. 37.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  38. 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  39. 39.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  40. 40.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. not lucky
  3. not honest
  4. unsafe
  5. pay before
  6. unwell
  7. unlucky
  8. un-
  9. not tidy
  10. mis-
  11. re-
  12. disloyal
  13. not obey
  14. not equal
  15. write again
  16. disobey
  17. lead wrongly
  18. pre-
  19. misunderstand
  20. not safe
  21. miscount
  22. discontinue
  23. prejudge
  24. tell again
  25. not allow
  26. retell
  27. unhappy
  28. unfair
  29. not usual
  30. preview
  31. misplace
  32. paint again
  33. count wrongly
  34. open again
  35. unkind
  36. fill again
  37. not agree
  38. not happy
  39. behave wrongly
  40. play again

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