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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 447 · 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) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  2. 2.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  3. 3.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) preusual
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  7. 7.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  8. 8.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
  9. 9.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
  11. 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) replay (d) unplay
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  14. 14.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) recook (d) precook
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  16. 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  17. 17.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) disfill (d) refill
  19. 19.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow again (d) allow wrongly
  20. 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  21. 21.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) prekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  22. 22.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  23. 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  24. 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
  26. 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  27. 27.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) untell (d) mistell
  28. 28.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  29. 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
  30. 30.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  31. 31.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  33. 33.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) misagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
  34. 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  35. 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) discount
  36. 36.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  37. 37.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  38. 38.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  39. 39.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook before
  40. 40.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) not check

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. not happy
  3. unusual
  4. un-
  5. pre-
  6. place wrongly
  7. untidy
  8. not loyal
  9. count wrongly
  10. discontinue
  11. read wrongly
  12. replay
  13. mis-
  14. precook
  15. judge before
  16. re-
  17. hear wrongly
  18. refill
  19. not allow
  20. paint again
  21. unkind
  22. not honest
  23. not common
  24. unlucky
  25. not kind
  26. dishonest
  27. retell
  28. fill again
  29. misunderstand
  30. judge wrongly
  31. rebuild
  32. not obey
  33. disagree
  34. behave wrongly
  35. miscount
  36. use wrongly
  37. not tidy
  38. not safe
  39. cook before
  40. check again

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