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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 919 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  3. 3.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  9. 9.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  10. 10.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
  12. 12.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
  14. 14.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) misplay
  15. 15.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  16. 16.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  17. 17.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) disspell
  18. 18.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) precook (c) discook (d) uncook
  19. 19.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  20. 20.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  21. 21.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  22. 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) prefill
  23. 23.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  24. 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  25. 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  26. 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
  27. 27.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
  28. 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
  29. 29.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) disbuild
  30. 30.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  33. 33.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  35. 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  36. 36.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
  37. 37.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
  38. 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  40. 40.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) disagree

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. write again
  3. discontinue
  4. re-
  5. unfair
  6. dis-
  7. un-
  8. unlucky
  9. not safe
  10. not continue
  11. reheat
  12. dishonest
  13. untidy
  14. replay
  15. prejudge
  16. heat before
  17. misspell
  18. precook
  19. hear wrongly
  20. play again
  21. not loyal
  22. refill
  23. understand wrongly
  24. pre-
  25. paint again
  26. repaint
  27. not fair
  28. not usual
  29. rebuild
  30. not common
  31. unusual
  32. not obey
  33. not tidy
  34. not lucky
  35. unclear
  36. reopen
  37. disobey
  38. reuse
  39. judge wrongly
  40. disagree

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