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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 660 · 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 “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  4. 4.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  5. 5.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
  8. 8.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) disclear
  9. 9.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  10. 10.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  11. 11.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  12. 12.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  15. 15.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
  17. 17.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  19. 19.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) not well
  20. 20.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) mispaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  22. 22.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) misfair
  23. 23.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
  24. 24.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) cook again
  25. 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
  26. 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  27. 27.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  28. 28.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  29. 29.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  30. 30.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair before
  31. 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  32. 32.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
  33. 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  35. 35.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  36. 36.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
  37. 37.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  38. 38.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) uncook
  39. 39.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) mislead (c) dislead (d) relead
  40. 40.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) mistell (d) retell

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. use again
  3. re-
  4. use wrongly
  5. behave wrongly
  6. pre-
  7. discontinue
  8. unclear
  9. not continue
  10. unusual
  11. misunderstand
  12. not equal
  13. untidy
  14. mis-
  15. pay before
  16. revisit
  17. unsafe
  18. check again
  19. not well
  20. not clear
  21. repaint
  22. unfair
  23. disallow
  24. cook before
  25. not usual
  26. unequal
  27. not honest
  28. not agree
  29. join again
  30. not fair
  31. misjudge
  32. place wrongly
  33. understand wrongly
  34. un-
  35. disloyal
  36. rewrite
  37. disagree
  38. precook
  39. mislead
  40. retell

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