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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 102 · 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 honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  2. 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  3. 3.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  4. 4.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) misread (d) preread
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  7. 7.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect again
  8. 8.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  9. 9.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  10. 10.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  14. 14.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
  15. 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  16. 16.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit
  17. 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  18. 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell before
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  20. 20.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  21. 21.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
  22. 22.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  23. 23.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  24. 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  25. 25.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  26. 26.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
  27. 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  28. 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  29. 29.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  30. 30.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  31. 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  32. 32.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  33. 33.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree before
  34. 34.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
  35. 35.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write again (d) write before
  36. 36.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
  37. 37.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  39. 39.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) prepay
  40. 40.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) recontinue (d) uncontinue

Answer key

  1. dishonest
  2. heat before
  3. not lucky
  4. misread
  5. re-
  6. un-
  7. not respect
  8. unhappy
  9. recheck
  10. not loyal
  11. pre-
  12. behave wrongly
  13. unfair
  14. lead wrongly
  15. repaint
  16. revisit
  17. unequal
  18. tell again
  19. dis-
  20. reuse
  21. rejoin
  22. disallow
  23. disobey
  24. not tidy
  25. disrespect
  26. reopen
  27. mis-
  28. not common
  29. not well
  30. place wrongly
  31. refill
  32. not happy
  33. not agree
  34. not clear
  35. write again
  36. build again
  37. not allow
  38. unusual
  39. prepay
  40. discontinue

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