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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 354 · 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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  6. 6.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  7. 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
  10. 10.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) discommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
  11. 11.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  12. 12.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) unplay (d) replay
  13. 13.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
  14. 14.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  15. 15.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) unfill
  16. 16.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
  17. 17.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) discook (d) precook
  18. 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  19. 19.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
  20. 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  21. 21.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) discontinue
  23. 23.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  24. 24.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  26. 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
  27. 27.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) misclear
  28. 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  29. 29.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  30. 30.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  31. 31.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) prepay
  32. 32.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) misallow (d) unallow
  33. 33.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  34. 34.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) misloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
  35. 35.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  36. 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  38. 38.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  40. 40.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) uncount (d) miscount

Answer key

  1. not happy
  2. dis-
  3. heat again
  4. pre-
  5. misbehave
  6. heat before
  7. judge before
  8. re-
  9. view before
  10. uncommon
  11. open again
  12. replay
  13. check again
  14. not agree
  15. refill
  16. not honest
  17. precook
  18. not safe
  19. not loyal
  20. mis-
  21. tell again
  22. discontinue
  23. unhappy
  24. use again
  25. un-
  26. use wrongly
  27. unclear
  28. prejudge
  29. not allow
  30. unfair
  31. prepay
  32. disallow
  33. not equal
  34. disloyal
  35. not respect
  36. not continue
  37. dishonest
  38. not tidy
  39. misunderstand
  40. miscount

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