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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 183 · 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 “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  2. 2.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
  3. 3.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) misusual
  4. 4.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) write before (d) not write
  5. 5.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
  10. 10.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  11. 11.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  12. 12.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  13. 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  14. 14.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  17. 17.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
  18. 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  19. 19.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  21. 21.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) uncook (c) recook (d) discook
  22. 22.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
  23. 23.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
  24. 24.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) reloyal (c) preloyal (d) misloyal
  25. 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
  26. 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
  28. 28.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) distell (d) retell
  29. 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  30. 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) not count (d) count again
  31. 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
  32. 32.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
  33. 33.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) fill before
  34. 34.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  35. 35.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  36. 36.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  37. 37.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  39. 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
  40. 40.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well again

Answer key

  1. heat before
  2. discontinue
  3. unusual
  4. write again
  5. heat again
  6. mis-
  7. disallow
  8. pre-
  9. not allow
  10. not loyal
  11. visit again
  12. judge wrongly
  13. not tidy
  14. lead wrongly
  15. re-
  16. un-
  17. not usual
  18. read wrongly
  19. spell wrongly
  20. reuse
  21. precook
  22. not honest
  23. behave wrongly
  24. disloyal
  25. not obey
  26. use wrongly
  27. unhappy
  28. retell
  29. build again
  30. count wrongly
  31. misjudge
  32. reopen
  33. fill again
  34. misspell
  35. unfair
  36. dis-
  37. paint again
  38. unsafe
  39. tell again
  40. not well

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