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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 94 · 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 “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) mishonest
  4. 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  7. 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
  8. 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  10. 10.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  11. 11.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  12. 12.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again
  13. 13.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
  14. 14.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
  15. 15.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  17. 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  18. 18.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  19. 19.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  20. 20.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  21. 21.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
  22. 22.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) disjoin (d) misjoin
  23. 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) not well (d) well again
  25. 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) dissafe
  27. 27.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  28. 28.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  29. 29.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  30. 30.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) mischeck
  31. 31.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  32. 32.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  33. 33.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
  34. 34.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) recook (d) discook
  36. 36.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  37. 37.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
  38. 38.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  39. 39.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  40. 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again

Answer key

  1. repaint
  2. mis-
  3. dishonest
  4. misuse
  5. re-
  6. prepay
  7. not happy
  8. not usual
  9. un-
  10. not common
  11. count wrongly
  12. open again
  13. check again
  14. disagree
  15. unusual
  16. dis-
  17. pre-
  18. visit again
  19. untidy
  20. misunderstand
  21. not lucky
  22. rejoin
  23. not tidy
  24. not well
  25. view before
  26. unsafe
  27. disobey
  28. lead wrongly
  29. reuse
  30. recheck
  31. unfair
  32. uncommon
  33. not fair
  34. play again
  35. precook
  36. disloyal
  37. not agree
  38. misbehave
  39. prejudge
  40. cook before

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