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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 256 · 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 word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  2. 2.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
  3. 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  7. 7.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  8. 8.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) dislucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
  9. 9.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
  10. 10.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) recount (d) precount
  11. 11.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  12. 12.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) preopen (d) unopen
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  14. 14.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  15. 15.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  16. 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  17. 17.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  18. 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  20. 20.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  21. 21.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  22. 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  24. 24.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  25. 25.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  26. 26.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  27. 27.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
  28. 28.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  29. 29.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
  30. 30.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  31. 31.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear again
  32. 32.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
  33. 33.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  34. 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
  35. 35.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) not place
  36. 36.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  37. 37.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  38. 38.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  39. 39.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  40. 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly

Answer key

  1. unsafe
  2. disagree
  3. prejudge
  4. dis-
  5. mis-
  6. mislead
  7. dishonest
  8. unlucky
  9. not fair
  10. miscount
  11. use wrongly
  12. reopen
  13. un-
  14. unusual
  15. not lucky
  16. not obey
  17. not honest
  18. not usual
  19. re-
  20. not tidy
  21. not continue
  22. not safe
  23. misuse
  24. reuse
  25. judge wrongly
  26. not happy
  27. unhappy
  28. heat before
  29. disobey
  30. pre-
  31. hear wrongly
  32. rewrite
  33. not kind
  34. fill again
  35. place wrongly
  36. not common
  37. recheck
  38. disallow
  39. misspell
  40. cook before

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