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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 224 · 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 word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  3. 3.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand again
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) unfill (c) prefill (d) misfill
  9. 9.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  11. 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) untell
  13. 13.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) precheck (d) uncheck
  15. 15.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) precount
  16. 16.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
  17. 17.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue before
  18. 18.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  19. 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  20. 20.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  21. 21.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  22. 22.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
  23. 23.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  24. 24.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) preplay (d) replay
  25. 25.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) repay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  26. 26.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  27. 27.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  28. 28.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) relead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  29. 29.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  30. 30.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
  31. 31.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) dislucky
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
  34. 34.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  36. 36.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  38. 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  39. 39.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  40. 40.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat

Answer key

  1. reuse
  2. pre-
  3. understand wrongly
  4. dis-
  5. mis-
  6. disloyal
  7. re-
  8. refill
  9. build again
  10. un-
  11. not equal
  12. retell
  13. not well
  14. recheck
  15. miscount
  16. misbehave
  17. not continue
  18. use wrongly
  19. unusual
  20. unequal
  21. tell again
  22. fill again
  23. unsafe
  24. replay
  25. prepay
  26. not clear
  27. unkind
  28. mislead
  29. not obey
  30. revisit
  31. pay before
  32. unlucky
  33. dishonest
  34. place wrongly
  35. not kind
  36. judge wrongly
  37. misuse
  38. spell wrongly
  39. not usual
  40. heat again

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