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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 359 · 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) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  4. 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  5. 5.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) uncook
  6. 6.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
  9. 9.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) misagree (d) reagree
  10. 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) diswell
  11. 11.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  15. 15.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) misplay (d) preplay
  16. 16.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) unplace
  17. 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) misequal (d) disequal
  18. 18.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  19. 19.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
  20. 20.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  21. 21.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  22. 22.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  23. 23.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  24. 24.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) misview (d) preview
  26. 26.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  27. 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  28. 28.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  29. 29.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place again
  30. 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  31. 31.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  32. 32.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  33. 33.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  34. 34.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) preunderstand
  35. 35.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
  36. 36.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) reread (c) misread (d) preread
  37. 37.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  38. 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) distell
  39. 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
  40. 40.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) preallow

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. pre-
  3. not agree
  4. discontinue
  5. precook
  6. join again
  7. mis-
  8. rewrite
  9. disagree
  10. unwell
  11. not common
  12. re-
  13. not fair
  14. dis-
  15. replay
  16. misplace
  17. unequal
  18. spell wrongly
  19. not continue
  20. unsafe
  21. misjudge
  22. misuse
  23. misbehave
  24. heat before
  25. preview
  26. not lucky
  27. heat again
  28. not clear
  29. place wrongly
  30. cook before
  31. understand wrongly
  32. pay before
  33. unclear
  34. misunderstand
  35. paint again
  36. misread
  37. unfair
  38. retell
  39. reopen
  40. disallow

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