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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 11 · 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 “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  2. 2.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  3. 3.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) not paint
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  7. 7.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
  8. 8.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  9. 9.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) preallow
  10. 10.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) not play
  11. 11.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) hear again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  15. 15.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) misfair
  17. 17.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) prejoin
  18. 18.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  19. 19.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) reequal
  21. 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) preagree
  22. 22.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
  23. 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
  25. 25.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) disview (d) preview
  26. 26.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) misplace
  27. 27.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) rehear
  28. 28.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  29. 29.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
  30. 30.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  31. 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  32. 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  33. 33.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
  34. 34.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) build again (d) not build
  35. 35.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  36. 36.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) misread (d) unread
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
  38. 38.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  39. 39.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
  40. 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before

Answer key

  1. judge before
  2. prepay
  3. paint again
  4. re-
  5. misuse
  6. pre-
  7. check again
  8. unhappy
  9. disallow
  10. play again
  11. hear wrongly
  12. un-
  13. dis-
  14. mis-
  15. not safe
  16. unfair
  17. rejoin
  18. discontinue
  19. not well
  20. unequal
  21. disagree
  22. reheat
  23. not common
  24. revisit
  25. preview
  26. misplace
  27. mishear
  28. mislead
  29. not continue
  30. heat before
  31. misjudge
  32. not equal
  33. not usual
  34. build again
  35. use wrongly
  36. misread
  37. unsafe
  38. not loyal
  39. not agree
  40. not honest

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