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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 858 · 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 “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  6. 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  7. 7.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  8. 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  10. 10.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  12. 12.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  13. 13.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  14. 14.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  16. 16.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) unpay
  17. 17.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
  18. 18.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
  19. 19.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  20. 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  22. 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write before (d) write again
  23. 23.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
  24. 24.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  26. 26.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) refair
  27. 27.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  28. 28.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) display (d) misplay
  29. 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  30. 30.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
  31. 31.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
  32. 32.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  33. 33.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  34. 34.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  35. 35.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  36. 36.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  37. 37.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  38. 38.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  40. 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before

Answer key

  1. not continue
  2. dis-
  3. not obey
  4. un-
  5. untidy
  6. unequal
  7. not loyal
  8. play again
  9. pre-
  10. judge wrongly
  11. mis-
  12. lead wrongly
  13. not clear
  14. not tidy
  15. misplace
  16. prepay
  17. not allow
  18. discontinue
  19. heat before
  20. hear wrongly
  21. unsafe
  22. write again
  23. open again
  24. tell again
  25. mishear
  26. unfair
  27. not safe
  28. replay
  29. re-
  30. fill again
  31. unwell
  32. use again
  33. unusual
  34. disallow
  35. not lucky
  36. pay before
  37. cook before
  38. build again
  39. rewrite
  40. behave wrongly

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