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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 396 · 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 “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
  2. 2.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  3. 3.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
  4. 4.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  5. 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  6. 6.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  7. 7.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
  10. 10.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  14. 14.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) misplace
  15. 15.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) dispay (c) prepay (d) mispay
  16. 16.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  17. 17.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  18. 18.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  19. 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) pretell (c) mistell (d) distell
  20. 20.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) preequal
  21. 21.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
  22. 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
  23. 23.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  24. 24.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) misread (d) reread
  25. 25.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write before
  26. 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
  27. 27.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) unopen
  28. 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) disjoin (d) unjoin
  29. 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  30. 30.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  31. 31.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  32. 32.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  33. 33.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  34. 34.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) disview (d) review
  35. 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
  36. 36.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  37. 37.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  38. 38.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  39. 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) rewell

Answer key

  1. not honest
  2. unlucky
  3. disobey
  4. place wrongly
  5. unfair
  6. view before
  7. repaint
  8. mis-
  9. not safe
  10. recheck
  11. un-
  12. pre-
  13. dis-
  14. misplace
  15. prepay
  16. untidy
  17. reuse
  18. play again
  19. retell
  20. unequal
  21. not continue
  22. not usual
  23. discontinue
  24. misread
  25. write again
  26. unhappy
  27. reopen
  28. rejoin
  29. build again
  30. heat again
  31. uncommon
  32. pay before
  33. re-
  34. preview
  35. unclear
  36. not lucky
  37. use wrongly
  38. not equal
  39. tell again
  40. unwell

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