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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 592 · 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 honest”? (a) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) mishonest (d) dishonest
  2. 2.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
  5. 5.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  6. 6.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) hear again
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  9. 9.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  10. 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  11. 11.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
  12. 12.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  13. 13.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  15. 15.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) disfair
  16. 16.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
  17. 17.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  19. 19.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) replay
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  21. 21.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  22. 22.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
  23. 23.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  24. 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  25. 25.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  26. 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) prehappy
  27. 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  28. 28.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  29. 29.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  30. 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) not count (d) count again
  31. 31.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  32. 32.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) prepay
  33. 33.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  34. 34.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  36. 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
  37. 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) untell (d) distell
  38. 38.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  39. 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
  40. 40.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual

Answer key

  1. dishonest
  2. lead wrongly
  3. mis-
  4. not obey
  5. pay before
  6. hear wrongly
  7. un-
  8. dis-
  9. not agree
  10. check again
  11. not common
  12. use again
  13. open again
  14. unsafe
  15. unfair
  16. preheat
  17. rebuild
  18. pre-
  19. replay
  20. re-
  21. join again
  22. unlucky
  23. not lucky
  24. unusual
  25. rejoin
  26. unhappy
  27. write again
  28. spell wrongly
  29. disloyal
  30. count wrongly
  31. untidy
  32. prepay
  33. place wrongly
  34. judge before
  35. misuse
  36. unkind
  37. retell
  38. not fair
  39. not well
  40. not usual

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