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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 634 · 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 “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
  2. 2.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  3. 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  4. 4.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  6. 6.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
  7. 7.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  9. 9.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
  10. 10.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
  11. 11.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  12. 12.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
  13. 13.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  15. 15.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
  18. 18.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) mischeck (d) uncheck
  19. 19.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
  20. 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  21. 21.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) rewell
  22. 22.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) disvisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  23. 23.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) refair
  24. 24.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  25. 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  26. 26.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) replay (d) preplay
  27. 27.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) not open
  28. 28.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  29. 29.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  30. 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  31. 31.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
  32. 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  33. 33.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
  34. 34.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) rerespect (d) unrespect
  35. 35.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  36. 36.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  37. 37.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  38. 38.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) dislucky
  39. 39.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
  40. 40.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) misheat

Answer key

  1. not equal
  2. unusual
  3. misuse
  4. not lucky
  5. uncommon
  6. play again
  7. paint again
  8. reopen
  9. discontinue
  10. not continue
  11. lead wrongly
  12. build again
  13. not well
  14. un-
  15. behave wrongly
  16. pre-
  17. fill again
  18. recheck
  19. rewrite
  20. misbehave
  21. unwell
  22. revisit
  23. unfair
  24. untidy
  25. heat again
  26. replay
  27. open again
  28. not tidy
  29. mis-
  30. dis-
  31. disloyal
  32. not kind
  33. rejoin
  34. disrespect
  35. re-
  36. use wrongly
  37. disobey
  38. unlucky
  39. misunderstand
  40. reheat

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