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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 373 · 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 “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  7. 7.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  8. 8.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  12. 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  14. 14.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
  15. 15.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  16. 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead again
  17. 17.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) misloyal
  19. 19.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
  20. 20.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  21. 21.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  22. 22.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
  23. 23.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  25. 25.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
  26. 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) unpay
  27. 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
  28. 28.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
  29. 29.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  30. 30.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  31. 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
  32. 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
  34. 34.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
  35. 35.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  36. 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
  37. 37.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  39. 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  40. 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before

Answer key

  1. not fair
  2. pre-
  3. not common
  4. dis-
  5. re-
  6. reheat
  7. unwell
  8. disagree
  9. un-
  10. not loyal
  11. uncommon
  12. unsafe
  13. mis-
  14. misunderstand
  15. fill again
  16. lead wrongly
  17. not obey
  18. disloyal
  19. spell wrongly
  20. understand wrongly
  21. not happy
  22. play again
  23. behave wrongly
  24. prejudge
  25. judge before
  26. prepay
  27. unlucky
  28. retell
  29. misuse
  30. disrespect
  31. not continue
  32. not honest
  33. dishonest
  34. tell again
  35. use wrongly
  36. not kind
  37. heat before
  38. unkind
  39. unusual
  40. read wrongly

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