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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 141 · 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) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) prehonest (c) unhonest (d) mishonest
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  8. 8.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
  9. 9.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) replay
  10. 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
  11. 11.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  13. 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  14. 14.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) miskind (d) diskind
  15. 15.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) unbehave
  16. 16.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  18. 18.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
  19. 19.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  20. 20.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  21. 21.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) misview (c) disview (d) unview
  22. 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
  23. 23.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  24. 24.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) discook (c) recook (d) precook
  25. 25.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  26. 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  27. 27.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  29. 29.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  30. 30.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
  31. 31.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  32. 32.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
  34. 34.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  35. 35.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
  36. 36.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) precount (c) recount (d) miscount
  37. 37.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
  39. 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  40. 40.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. dishonest
  3. pre-
  4. re-
  5. tell again
  6. un-
  7. heat again
  8. visit again
  9. replay
  10. not fair
  11. write again
  12. rewrite
  13. not common
  14. unkind
  15. misbehave
  16. disagree
  17. mis-
  18. disobey
  19. not honest
  20. discontinue
  21. preview
  22. not safe
  23. not kind
  24. precook
  25. pay before
  26. heat before
  27. unusual
  28. join again
  29. unclear
  30. unsafe
  31. reuse
  32. use again
  33. misjudge
  34. reopen
  35. count wrongly
  36. miscount
  37. not usual
  38. not clear
  39. open again
  40. uncommon

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