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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 774 · 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.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  2. 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  3. 3.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair
  4. 4.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) rehear (d) unhear
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  7. 7.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  8. 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  12. 12.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  13. 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  14. 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
  15. 15.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  16. 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
  17. 17.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  19. 19.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
  20. 20.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) replace
  21. 21.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) not fill (d) fill before
  22. 22.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  24. 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  26. 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
  27. 27.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  28. 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  30. 30.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  31. 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
  32. 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  34. 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
  35. 35.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
  36. 36.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
  37. 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  38. 38.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
  39. 39.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  40. 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly

Answer key

  1. not loyal
  2. not usual
  3. not fair
  4. mishear
  5. un-
  6. unequal
  7. unlucky
  8. unusual
  9. dis-
  10. mis-
  11. repaint
  12. misjudge
  13. unclear
  14. play again
  15. reheat
  16. not happy
  17. count wrongly
  18. pre-
  19. untidy
  20. misplace
  21. fill again
  22. judge before
  23. re-
  24. not obey
  25. misbehave
  26. not equal
  27. not agree
  28. not lucky
  29. unfair
  30. heat before
  31. tell again
  32. disobey
  33. dishonest
  34. open again
  35. unhappy
  36. misunderstand
  37. not kind
  38. disloyal
  39. use wrongly
  40. cook before

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