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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 707 · 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 “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  3. 3.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  4. 4.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe before
  5. 5.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  6. 6.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) relead
  7. 7.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
  8. 8.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  9. 9.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) read again
  10. 10.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) uncontinue
  11. 11.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
  12. 12.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) preopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  13. 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
  14. 14.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  15. 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  16. 16.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) mispaint
  17. 17.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  19. 19.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
  20. 20.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  23. 23.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
  24. 24.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  25. 25.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) misusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  26. 26.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  27. 27.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
  28. 28.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
  29. 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) diswell
  30. 30.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) not open
  31. 31.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
  32. 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  33. 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  34. 34.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) reequal
  36. 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  37. 37.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) unview (d) review
  38. 38.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  39. 39.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  40. 40.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. not common
  3. not tidy
  4. not safe
  5. unsafe
  6. mislead
  7. not obey
  8. not kind
  9. read wrongly
  10. discontinue
  11. paint again
  12. reopen
  13. unclear
  14. reheat
  15. spell wrongly
  16. repaint
  17. not usual
  18. uncommon
  19. behave wrongly
  20. not agree
  21. rewrite
  22. un-
  23. judge wrongly
  24. mis-
  25. unusual
  26. untidy
  27. dishonest
  28. disobey
  29. unwell
  30. open again
  31. not clear
  32. join again
  33. not lucky
  34. play again
  35. unequal
  36. unlucky
  37. preview
  38. tell again
  39. not equal
  40. disloyal

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