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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 926 · 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 word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  3. 3.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  4. 4.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue before
  5. 5.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  6. 6.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  8. 8.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  9. 9.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
  10. 10.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) reloyal
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  13. 13.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  14. 14.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  15. 15.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  16. 16.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  17. 17.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) disjoin (d) misjoin
  18. 18.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  19. 19.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  20. 20.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) replace
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  22. 22.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  23. 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  24. 24.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  27. 27.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) disvisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  28. 28.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) precommon
  29. 29.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  30. 30.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  31. 31.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  32. 32.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
  33. 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  34. 34.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  35. 35.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  36. 36.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  37. 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  39. 39.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  40. 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint

Answer key

  1. unfair
  2. pre-
  3. heat before
  4. not continue
  5. count wrongly
  6. not agree
  7. dis-
  8. not happy
  9. behave wrongly
  10. disloyal
  11. re-
  12. judge wrongly
  13. dishonest
  14. mislead
  15. understand wrongly
  16. paint again
  17. rejoin
  18. disrespect
  19. discontinue
  20. misplace
  21. mis-
  22. build again
  23. unkind
  24. play again
  25. place wrongly
  26. un-
  27. revisit
  28. uncommon
  29. reuse
  30. misjudge
  31. unclear
  32. pay before
  33. not safe
  34. view before
  35. not obey
  36. misuse
  37. untidy
  38. unusual
  39. not kind
  40. repaint

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