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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 632 · 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 “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) discook (c) recook (d) precook
  3. 3.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) uncontinue
  8. 8.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  9. 9.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) unview (d) review
  10. 10.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) preplay
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  14. 14.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) reread (d) misread
  15. 15.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  16. 16.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) not continue
  17. 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  18. 18.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
  19. 19.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
  20. 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  21. 21.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) relead
  22. 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  23. 23.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
  24. 24.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  25. 25.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  26. 26.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
  27. 27.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  28. 28.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) safe again
  29. 29.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  30. 30.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  31. 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  32. 32.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  33. 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  34. 34.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  35. 35.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  36. 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
  37. 37.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  38. 38.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  39. 39.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  40. 40.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) disfair

Answer key

  1. not loyal
  2. precook
  3. unequal
  4. un-
  5. dis-
  6. visit again
  7. discontinue
  8. not allow
  9. preview
  10. not agree
  11. replay
  12. re-
  13. behave wrongly
  14. misread
  15. not fair
  16. not continue
  17. pre-
  18. misunderstand
  19. not clear
  20. not lucky
  21. mislead
  22. mis-
  23. not happy
  24. not kind
  25. prejudge
  26. reuse
  27. not equal
  28. not safe
  29. not common
  30. mishear
  31. not well
  32. play again
  33. reopen
  34. judge before
  35. repaint
  36. disobey
  37. recheck
  38. cook before
  39. paint again
  40. unfair

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