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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 833 · 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) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  3. 3.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) not play
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
  6. 6.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  8. 8.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  9. 9.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  11. 11.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  12. 12.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  16. 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  17. 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  19. 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) misfill (d) refill
  20. 20.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) unjoin (d) misjoin
  21. 21.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) mistell
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) unread (d) preread
  23. 23.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand again
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
  26. 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
  28. 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
  29. 29.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
  30. 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  31. 31.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  32. 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  33. 33.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  34. 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) miskind
  35. 35.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  36. 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
  37. 37.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) disfair
  38. 38.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) unallow
  39. 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  40. 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) unspell (d) misspell

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. not kind
  3. play again
  4. dis-
  5. unsafe
  6. disobey
  7. re-
  8. not tidy
  9. not agree
  10. mis-
  11. visit again
  12. count wrongly
  13. un-
  14. behave wrongly
  15. misuse
  16. not safe
  17. not lucky
  18. disloyal
  19. refill
  20. rejoin
  21. retell
  22. misread
  23. understand wrongly
  24. unhappy
  25. place wrongly
  26. use wrongly
  27. misunderstand
  28. not fair
  29. reopen
  30. not clear
  31. heat again
  32. not honest
  33. check again
  34. unkind
  35. not equal
  36. not continue
  37. unfair
  38. disallow
  39. open again
  40. misspell

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