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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 509 · 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 “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  3. 3.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) refair
  6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  7. 7.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  9. 9.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  10. 10.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) unplay (c) preplay (d) misplay
  11. 11.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) preplace
  12. 12.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) not pay
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  14. 14.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  15. 15.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) prebuild
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  17. 17.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  18. 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  19. 19.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) mispaint
  20. 20.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) misspell
  21. 21.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
  22. 22.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  23. 23.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  24. 24.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  26. 26.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
  27. 27.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  29. 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  30. 30.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  31. 31.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell before
  32. 32.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  33. 33.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) misread (d) reread
  34. 34.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  35. 35.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) not common
  36. 36.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
  37. 37.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  38. 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy again
  39. 39.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
  40. 40.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) preloyal (d) disloyal

Answer key

  1. not continue
  2. dis-
  3. unusual
  4. re-
  5. unfair
  6. misunderstand
  7. not fair
  8. pre-
  9. not tidy
  10. replay
  11. misplace
  12. pay before
  13. not obey
  14. fill again
  15. rebuild
  16. un-
  17. unclear
  18. unsafe
  19. repaint
  20. misspell
  21. build again
  22. open again
  23. judge before
  24. not usual
  25. misjudge
  26. untidy
  27. not kind
  28. join again
  29. unwell
  30. preheat
  31. spell wrongly
  32. rewrite
  33. misread
  34. judge wrongly
  35. not common
  36. not equal
  37. not clear
  38. not happy
  39. disobey
  40. disloyal

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