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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 573 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  4. 4.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  5. 5.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  7. 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
  8. 8.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  11. 11.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) cook before
  12. 12.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
  13. 13.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  15. 15.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  16. 16.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  18. 18.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  19. 19.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  20. 20.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) precount (c) uncount (d) recount
  21. 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  22. 22.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
  23. 23.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) mischeck
  24. 24.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  25. 25.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  26. 26.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  27. 27.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  28. 28.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
  29. 29.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) dislead
  30. 30.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open again (d) open wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
  32. 32.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) reread (c) disread (d) misread
  33. 33.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  34. 34.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow again
  35. 35.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  36. 36.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) behave again
  37. 37.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) not join
  38. 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  39. 39.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  40. 40.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. re-
  3. unkind
  4. unclear
  5. not loyal
  6. dis-
  7. not safe
  8. unequal
  9. pre-
  10. play again
  11. cook before
  12. lead wrongly
  13. read wrongly
  14. un-
  15. reopen
  16. use wrongly
  17. misplace
  18. untidy
  19. preheat
  20. miscount
  21. not well
  22. disagree
  23. recheck
  24. count wrongly
  25. unlucky
  26. judge wrongly
  27. not honest
  28. pay before
  29. mislead
  30. open again
  31. uncommon
  32. misread
  33. unusual
  34. not allow
  35. check again
  36. behave wrongly
  37. join again
  38. not happy
  39. not tidy
  40. misuse

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