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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 470 · 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) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  3. 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  4. 4.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
  5. 5.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  6. 6.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
  9. 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  10. 10.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  11. 11.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  13. 13.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  14. 14.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  15. 15.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  16. 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
  17. 17.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
  18. 18.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  19. 19.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) miscontinue (d) recontinue
  20. 20.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
  21. 21.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  22. 22.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  23. 23.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
  24. 24.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  25. 25.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) unread (d) disread
  26. 26.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) display (d) unplay
  27. 27.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  28. 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  30. 30.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) preclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  31. 31.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) mistell
  32. 32.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  33. 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  34. 34.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) count again (d) not count
  35. 35.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
  36. 36.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) mishonest
  37. 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  38. 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) unwell
  39. 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  40. 40.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. repaint
  3. not honest
  4. hear wrongly
  5. use wrongly
  6. not lucky
  7. dis-
  8. unhappy
  9. fill again
  10. view before
  11. unsafe
  12. not tidy
  13. tell again
  14. judge wrongly
  15. play again
  16. lead wrongly
  17. not fair
  18. reuse
  19. discontinue
  20. disallow
  21. not agree
  22. unlucky
  23. check again
  24. re-
  25. misread
  26. replay
  27. pre-
  28. rejoin
  29. unfair
  30. unclear
  31. retell
  32. mis-
  33. understand wrongly
  34. count wrongly
  35. build again
  36. dishonest
  37. not equal
  38. unwell
  39. use again
  40. not allow

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