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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 822 · 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 “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  5. 5.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  6. 6.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  7. 7.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) not pay
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  10. 10.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
  11. 11.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  12. 12.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) miscommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  14. 14.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  15. 15.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
  16. 16.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
  17. 17.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  18. 18.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  19. 19.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  20. 20.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  21. 21.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) misclear (c) preclear (d) disclear
  23. 23.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) recount
  24. 24.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
  25. 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
  27. 27.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  28. 28.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  29. 29.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) unread (d) misread
  30. 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  31. 31.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
  32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) prefair
  33. 33.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  34. 34.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) prehear
  35. 35.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  36. 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  37. 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  38. 38.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) rekind
  39. 39.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build before

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. not loyal
  3. un-
  4. dis-
  5. not kind
  6. tell again
  7. pay before
  8. pre-
  9. paint again
  10. discontinue
  11. rewrite
  12. not continue
  13. uncommon
  14. not tidy
  15. not allow
  16. not agree
  17. understand wrongly
  18. refill
  19. lead wrongly
  20. not fair
  21. judge wrongly
  22. unclear
  23. miscount
  24. view before
  25. hear wrongly
  26. rebuild
  27. not happy
  28. misbehave
  29. misread
  30. unlucky
  31. spell wrongly
  32. unfair
  33. use wrongly
  34. mishear
  35. misuse
  36. repaint
  37. untidy
  38. unkind
  39. mis-
  40. build again

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