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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 646 · 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 “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  2. 2.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
  3. 3.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
  4. 4.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) precount (c) recount (d) miscount
  5. 5.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
  6. 6.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  7. 7.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  9. 9.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  10. 10.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  11. 11.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  12. 12.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  14. 14.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
  15. 15.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  16. 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  18. 18.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  20. 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  21. 21.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  22. 22.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) unpaint (d) mispaint
  23. 23.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  24. 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  26. 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  27. 27.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  28. 28.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
  30. 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  31. 31.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  32. 32.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
  33. 33.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  34. 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
  35. 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
  36. 36.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  37. 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) retell
  38. 38.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) not check (d) check before
  39. 39.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) rehear
  40. 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy

Answer key

  1. not lucky
  2. reopen
  3. play again
  4. miscount
  5. unusual
  6. not clear
  7. disloyal
  8. dis-
  9. not loyal
  10. not obey
  11. prepay
  12. replay
  13. un-
  14. disallow
  15. not usual
  16. unlucky
  17. mis-
  18. unclear
  19. re-
  20. reheat
  21. heat again
  22. repaint
  23. not kind
  24. pre-
  25. place wrongly
  26. understand wrongly
  27. use wrongly
  28. visit again
  29. disagree
  30. unequal
  31. reuse
  32. recheck
  33. heat before
  34. open again
  35. misbehave
  36. disrespect
  37. retell
  38. check again
  39. mishear
  40. unhappy

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