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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 972 · 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.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before
  4. 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
  5. 5.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  6. 6.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  7. 7.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  8. 8.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead again
  9. 9.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
  12. 12.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  14. 14.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  15. 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  16. 16.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  17. 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  18. 18.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  20. 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) paint before
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) disread (c) unread (d) reread
  23. 23.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  24. 24.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  25. 25.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  26. 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  27. 27.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  28. 28.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) preagree (c) disagree (d) reagree
  29. 29.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) prehonest (d) mishonest
  30. 30.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) precheck (d) mischeck
  31. 31.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
  32. 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  33. 33.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  34. 34.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) repay (c) dispay (d) mispay
  35. 35.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  36. 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
  37. 37.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  38. 38.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) not view (d) view wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) reunderstand
  40. 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) mispaint (d) prepaint

Answer key

  1. not loyal
  2. pre-
  3. not agree
  4. spell wrongly
  5. not respect
  6. misuse
  7. disallow
  8. lead wrongly
  9. check again
  10. re-
  11. visit again
  12. not safe
  13. un-
  14. mishear
  15. not tidy
  16. not fair
  17. not equal
  18. judge before
  19. misspell
  20. paint again
  21. dis-
  22. misread
  23. not happy
  24. count wrongly
  25. misjudge
  26. mis-
  27. unequal
  28. disagree
  29. dishonest
  30. recheck
  31. use again
  32. unlucky
  33. untidy
  34. prepay
  35. cook before
  36. unsafe
  37. unhappy
  38. view before
  39. misunderstand
  40. repaint

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