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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 672 · 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) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) dislead
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) preopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  7. 7.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  8. 8.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair
  9. 9.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
  12. 12.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  13. 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow wrongly
  14. 14.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy before
  15. 15.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) missafe
  16. 16.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
  17. 17.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  18. 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) disfill (d) unfill
  20. 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  21. 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) unread (c) misread (d) preread
  23. 23.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  24. 24.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) prefair
  26. 26.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  27. 27.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
  28. 28.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  29. 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
  30. 30.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) replace
  31. 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) dispay
  33. 33.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  34. 34.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  35. 35.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) not paint
  36. 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) respell (d) unspell
  37. 37.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
  38. 38.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) rekind
  40. 40.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) rehear (c) prehear (d) mishear

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. not lucky
  3. re-
  4. mislead
  5. un-
  6. reopen
  7. dishonest
  8. not fair
  9. not respect
  10. pre-
  11. discontinue
  12. unclear
  13. not allow
  14. not happy
  15. unsafe
  16. disallow
  17. tell again
  18. read wrongly
  19. refill
  20. misbehave
  21. misuse
  22. misread
  23. disrespect
  24. use again
  25. unfair
  26. uncommon
  27. disobey
  28. not loyal
  29. misunderstand
  30. misplace
  31. not tidy
  32. prepay
  33. mis-
  34. judge before
  35. paint again
  36. misspell
  37. disagree
  38. fill again
  39. unkind
  40. mishear

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