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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 346 · 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 “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  2. 2.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  3. 3.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check before
  4. 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
  5. 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) refair
  6. 6.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  7. 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  8. 8.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  9. 9.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  12. 12.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  13. 13.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  14. 14.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
  15. 15.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  16. 16.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  17. 17.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  18. 18.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) prekind
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  20. 20.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
  21. 21.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  22. 22.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) preview (c) misview (d) unview
  23. 23.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  24. 24.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) uncheck
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  26. 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  27. 27.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) clear again
  28. 28.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  29. 29.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) unplay (c) replay (d) misplay
  30. 30.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) disfill
  31. 31.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  32. 32.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  33. 33.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) unbehave
  34. 34.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect before
  35. 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) not fill
  36. 36.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
  37. 37.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) preloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
  38. 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  39. 39.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  40. 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly

Answer key

  1. tell again
  2. not obey
  3. check again
  4. unlucky
  5. unfair
  6. disallow
  7. not safe
  8. paint again
  9. not happy
  10. dis-
  11. use wrongly
  12. unequal
  13. judge before
  14. unclear
  15. judge wrongly
  16. not lucky
  17. prepay
  18. unkind
  19. re-
  20. visit again
  21. repaint
  22. preview
  23. preheat
  24. recheck
  25. un-
  26. pre-
  27. not clear
  28. misplace
  29. replay
  30. refill
  31. mis-
  32. unusual
  33. misbehave
  34. not respect
  35. fill again
  36. misunderstand
  37. disloyal
  38. misuse
  39. place wrongly
  40. not honest

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