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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 190 · 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) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  2. 2.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  3. 3.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
  4. 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) miscontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
  7. 7.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  8. 8.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  10. 10.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
  11. 11.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) pretidy
  14. 14.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) dishear
  15. 15.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
  16. 16.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  17. 17.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) disusual
  18. 18.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
  19. 19.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  21. 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
  22. 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  23. 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  25. 25.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  26. 26.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) display (d) unplay
  27. 27.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) unwell
  28. 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) unopen
  29. 29.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  30. 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  31. 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
  33. 33.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  34. 34.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
  36. 36.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  37. 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) prewrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  38. 38.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
  39. 39.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) preread (d) disread
  40. 40.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) disequal

Answer key

  1. not honest
  2. unkind
  3. behave wrongly
  4. disallow
  5. pre-
  6. discontinue
  7. mislead
  8. uncommon
  9. re-
  10. not allow
  11. rejoin
  12. mis-
  13. untidy
  14. mishear
  15. cook before
  16. prejudge
  17. unusual
  18. not well
  19. play again
  20. un-
  21. misuse
  22. disobey
  23. not obey
  24. dis-
  25. unfair
  26. replay
  27. unwell
  28. reopen
  29. tell again
  30. visit again
  31. build again
  32. rebuild
  33. not kind
  34. not continue
  35. revisit
  36. write again
  37. rewrite
  38. judge before
  39. misread
  40. unequal

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