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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 82 · 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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  2. 2.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  5. 5.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
  6. 6.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
  7. 7.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  8. 8.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) miswell
  9. 9.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  10. 10.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
  11. 11.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  14. 14.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  15. 15.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  19. 19.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) preplace (c) displace (d) misplace
  20. 20.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) recommon
  21. 21.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  22. 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) disfill
  23. 23.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  24. 24.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) precount (d) miscount
  25. 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  26. 26.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
  27. 27.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  28. 28.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
  30. 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  31. 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) reclear
  33. 33.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  34. 34.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) discook
  35. 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  36. 36.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect again
  37. 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) respell
  40. 40.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe

Answer key

  1. not happy
  2. unhappy
  3. re-
  4. count wrongly
  5. disobey
  6. not loyal
  7. rewrite
  8. unwell
  9. not clear
  10. spell wrongly
  11. heat before
  12. pre-
  13. dis-
  14. view before
  15. not fair
  16. unlucky
  17. un-
  18. check again
  19. misplace
  20. uncommon
  21. tell again
  22. refill
  23. unequal
  24. miscount
  25. play again
  26. untidy
  27. not well
  28. lead wrongly
  29. unsafe
  30. not obey
  31. not continue
  32. unclear
  33. mis-
  34. precook
  35. fill again
  36. not respect
  37. not honest
  38. not usual
  39. misspell
  40. not safe

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