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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 165 · 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 “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
  2. 2.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) diswrite
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) unview (d) misview
  7. 7.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
  8. 8.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  9. 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
  10. 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) not check
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  16. 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
  17. 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  18. 18.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
  19. 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
  20. 20.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  21. 21.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
  22. 22.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
  23. 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  24. 24.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
  26. 26.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  27. 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  28. 28.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  29. 29.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
  30. 30.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  31. 31.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) not understand
  32. 32.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) untell
  33. 33.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) unjoin (c) prejoin (d) disjoin
  34. 34.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  35. 35.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
  36. 36.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  37. 37.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) mispay
  38. 38.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  39. 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  40. 40.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) reclear

Answer key

  1. not honest
  2. preheat
  3. pre-
  4. rewrite
  5. dis-
  6. preview
  7. discontinue
  8. not happy
  9. heat again
  10. check again
  11. mis-
  12. visit again
  13. un-
  14. not common
  15. repaint
  16. recheck
  17. pay before
  18. build again
  19. not usual
  20. unkind
  21. read wrongly
  22. misbehave
  23. not agree
  24. not safe
  25. join again
  26. fill again
  27. not allow
  28. judge before
  29. disagree
  30. re-
  31. understand wrongly
  32. retell
  33. rejoin
  34. uncommon
  35. unsafe
  36. not lucky
  37. prepay
  38. not equal
  39. unusual
  40. unclear

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