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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 927 · 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 “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  3. 3.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  7. 7.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
  8. 8.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  9. 9.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  10. 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  11. 11.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  13. 13.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  14. 14.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  15. 15.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  17. 17.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  18. 18.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) disbuild
  19. 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) happy again
  20. 20.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) dislucky
  21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  22. 22.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  24. 24.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) preloyal
  25. 25.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  26. 26.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  27. 27.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  28. 28.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  29. 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  30. 30.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  31. 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  32. 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  33. 33.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  34. 34.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
  35. 35.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) disallow (c) preallow (d) misallow
  36. 36.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  37. 37.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  38. 38.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
  39. 39.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) unvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
  40. 40.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. read wrongly
  3. reuse
  4. un-
  5. discontinue
  6. uncommon
  7. unequal
  8. paint again
  9. misunderstand
  10. not tidy
  11. refill
  12. re-
  13. not safe
  14. mishear
  15. fill again
  16. mis-
  17. hear wrongly
  18. rebuild
  19. not happy
  20. unlucky
  21. pre-
  22. not common
  23. disobey
  24. disloyal
  25. misbehave
  26. join again
  27. not loyal
  28. not honest
  29. not agree
  30. play again
  31. misjudge
  32. not kind
  33. rejoin
  34. not usual
  35. disallow
  36. not lucky
  37. recheck
  38. not continue
  39. revisit
  40. not obey

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