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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 698 · 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 word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  2. 2.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) disfair
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  6. 6.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  7. 7.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
  10. 10.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) not respect
  11. 11.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) preplace (d) unplace
  12. 12.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  13. 13.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) unvisit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
  14. 14.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  16. 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  17. 17.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  19. 19.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  20. 20.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  21. 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  22. 22.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair before
  23. 23.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) not fill
  24. 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  25. 25.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) uncount (c) discount (d) recount
  26. 26.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) disview (d) preview
  27. 27.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) rehappy
  28. 28.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  29. 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  31. 31.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  32. 32.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) display
  33. 33.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  34. 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
  35. 35.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  36. 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  37. 37.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) not check
  38. 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  39. 39.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  40. 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear

Answer key

  1. unusual
  2. unfair
  3. dis-
  4. dishonest
  5. preheat
  6. unkind
  7. not continue
  8. re-
  9. not usual
  10. not respect
  11. misplace
  12. prepay
  13. revisit
  14. heat again
  15. mis-
  16. not safe
  17. count wrongly
  18. disobey
  19. not obey
  20. disallow
  21. misuse
  22. not fair
  23. fill again
  24. pre-
  25. miscount
  26. preview
  27. unhappy
  28. disloyal
  29. un-
  30. not equal
  31. read wrongly
  32. replay
  33. misspell
  34. spell wrongly
  35. not happy
  36. open again
  37. check again
  38. reuse
  39. join again
  40. not clear

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