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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 113 · 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 prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) reallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
  3. 3.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  5. 5.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  6. 6.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
  8. 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  9. 9.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) disread (d) misread
  10. 10.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) display (d) unplay
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  12. 12.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
  14. 14.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  16. 16.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
  17. 17.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) distell (d) pretell
  18. 18.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  19. 19.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) unvisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  20. 20.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) rehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  21. 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  22. 22.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  23. 23.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) prewell (d) miswell
  24. 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
  25. 25.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
  26. 26.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) discount
  27. 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  28. 28.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
  29. 29.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  30. 30.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell again
  31. 31.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  32. 32.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  33. 33.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  34. 34.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
  36. 36.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
  37. 37.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  38. 38.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
  39. 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  40. 40.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. disallow
  3. not equal
  4. pre-
  5. read wrongly
  6. not loyal
  7. disobey
  8. heat again
  9. misread
  10. replay
  11. un-
  12. not continue
  13. unkind
  14. place wrongly
  15. judge before
  16. not fair
  17. retell
  18. rewrite
  19. revisit
  20. mishear
  21. re-
  22. open again
  23. unwell
  24. unlucky
  25. lead wrongly
  26. miscount
  27. mislead
  28. unequal
  29. mis-
  30. tell again
  31. reheat
  32. not usual
  33. repaint
  34. hear wrongly
  35. unusual
  36. build again
  37. fill again
  38. not allow
  39. not honest
  40. disrespect

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