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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 563 · 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 word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  2. 2.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
  3. 3.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
  4. 4.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) miscook (d) precook
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  6. 6.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
  7. 7.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) dislucky
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
  10. 10.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  11. 11.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  12. 12.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) disspell
  13. 13.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  14. 14.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) not open (d) open before
  15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  16. 16.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
  17. 17.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  18. 18.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  20. 20.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) fair again
  21. 21.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  22. 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) precommon
  24. 24.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) reunderstand
  25. 25.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
  26. 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) mispay (d) repay
  27. 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  28. 28.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
  29. 29.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
  30. 30.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  31. 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  32. 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  33. 33.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  34. 34.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  35. 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  36. 36.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check again
  37. 37.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  38. 38.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  39. 39.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  40. 40.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) reagree

Answer key

  1. discontinue
  2. unclear
  3. spell wrongly
  4. precook
  5. re-
  6. not obey
  7. unlucky
  8. un-
  9. not continue
  10. read wrongly
  11. heat before
  12. misspell
  13. not honest
  14. open again
  15. mis-
  16. unusual
  17. behave wrongly
  18. count wrongly
  19. dis-
  20. not fair
  21. view before
  22. not usual
  23. uncommon
  24. misunderstand
  25. revisit
  26. prepay
  27. untidy
  28. misplace
  29. rejoin
  30. not happy
  31. not respect
  32. not equal
  33. join again
  34. understand wrongly
  35. unequal
  36. check again
  37. preheat
  38. paint again
  39. pre-
  40. disagree

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