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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 749 · 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 equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  2. 2.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  3. 3.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
  4. 4.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) not continue
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  7. 7.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand before
  8. 8.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  10. 10.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  13. 13.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) prepay
  14. 14.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
  15. 15.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
  16. 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  17. 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  18. 18.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) unspell
  19. 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  20. 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  22. 22.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  23. 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  24. 24.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  25. 25.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  26. 26.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) not read
  27. 27.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  28. 28.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  29. 29.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  30. 30.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  31. 31.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  32. 32.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  33. 33.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  34. 34.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) precook (c) discook (d) miscook
  35. 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) fill before
  36. 36.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) prefill
  37. 37.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
  39. 39.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) unpaint (c) dispaint (d) mispaint
  40. 40.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well

Answer key

  1. unequal
  2. not loyal
  3. not happy
  4. not continue
  5. re-
  6. not fair
  7. understand wrongly
  8. discontinue
  9. un-
  10. not clear
  11. dis-
  12. not tidy
  13. prepay
  14. unusual
  15. pay before
  16. unlucky
  17. pre-
  18. misspell
  19. uncommon
  20. disobey
  21. mis-
  22. not equal
  23. use wrongly
  24. use again
  25. build again
  26. read wrongly
  27. open again
  28. not kind
  29. disrespect
  30. join again
  31. not safe
  32. check again
  33. not allow
  34. precook
  35. fill again
  36. refill
  37. place wrongly
  38. not usual
  39. repaint
  40. not well

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