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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 289 · 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) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  3. 3.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) not paint
  4. 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  5. 5.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  6. 6.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  7. 7.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  8. 8.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) respect again
  9. 9.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view before (d) view again
  10. 10.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  11. 11.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
  12. 12.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  14. 14.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  15. 15.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
  16. 16.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) reobey
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
  19. 19.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build
  20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  21. 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) misagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
  22. 22.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
  23. 23.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  24. 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  25. 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  26. 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  27. 27.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  28. 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  29. 29.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  30. 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  31. 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
  33. 33.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) untell (d) pretell
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) not kind
  36. 36.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
  37. 37.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  38. 38.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  39. 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  40. 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. not lucky
  3. paint again
  4. discontinue
  5. open again
  6. not obey
  7. not agree
  8. not respect
  9. view before
  10. reopen
  11. hear wrongly
  12. mislead
  13. re-
  14. disloyal
  15. use wrongly
  16. disobey
  17. un-
  18. unsafe
  19. build again
  20. pre-
  21. disagree
  22. not clear
  23. count wrongly
  24. preheat
  25. mis-
  26. disrespect
  27. miscount
  28. not fair
  29. unkind
  30. unequal
  31. not continue
  32. unhappy
  33. not loyal
  34. retell
  35. not kind
  36. not well
  37. unusual
  38. dishonest
  39. not common
  40. behave wrongly

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