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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 951 · 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 “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
  4. 4.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
  5. 5.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) misrespect
  6. 6.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  7. 7.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
  8. 8.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  9. 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  10. 10.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) misloyal
  11. 11.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  14. 14.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
  15. 15.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) happy again
  16. 16.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) not cook
  17. 17.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
  18. 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  19. 19.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  20. 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
  24. 24.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  25. 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  26. 26.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  27. 27.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) not open
  28. 28.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  29. 29.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  30. 30.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) prewell
  31. 31.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  32. 32.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) missafe
  33. 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  34. 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  36. 36.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  37. 37.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
  38. 38.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) miskind
  40. 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint

Answer key

  1. reuse
  2. re-
  3. not continue
  4. paint again
  5. disrespect
  6. heat before
  7. pay before
  8. not safe
  9. not honest
  10. disloyal
  11. not well
  12. mis-
  13. dis-
  14. unequal
  15. not happy
  16. cook before
  17. misbehave
  18. not loyal
  19. lead wrongly
  20. misjudge
  21. un-
  22. not common
  23. prepay
  24. heat again
  25. pre-
  26. unlucky
  27. open again
  28. not clear
  29. join again
  30. unwell
  31. spell wrongly
  32. unsafe
  33. not lucky
  34. behave wrongly
  35. disallow
  36. count wrongly
  37. disobey
  38. understand wrongly
  39. unkind
  40. repaint

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