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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 240 · 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 “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  5. 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
  6. 6.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) prehear (d) dishear
  7. 7.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
  8. 8.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  11. 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  12. 12.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  15. 15.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  16. 16.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) repay
  17. 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  18. 18.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
  19. 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) distell
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  21. 21.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place before
  22. 22.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  23. 23.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  24. 24.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
  25. 25.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  26. 26.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
  27. 27.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  28. 28.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  29. 29.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  30. 30.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) dislead
  31. 31.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) mishonest (d) dishonest
  32. 32.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) write before (d) not write
  33. 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
  34. 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  35. 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  36. 36.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
  37. 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  38. 38.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
  39. 39.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave before
  40. 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again

Answer key

  1. disloyal
  2. mis-
  3. pre-
  4. not loyal
  5. visit again
  6. mishear
  7. count wrongly
  8. build again
  9. dis-
  10. prejudge
  11. not agree
  12. not usual
  13. untidy
  14. un-
  15. preheat
  16. prepay
  17. pay before
  18. rewrite
  19. retell
  20. re-
  21. place wrongly
  22. reheat
  23. repaint
  24. misspell
  25. not common
  26. not honest
  27. discontinue
  28. not kind
  29. unequal
  30. mislead
  31. dishonest
  32. write again
  33. misunderstand
  34. open again
  35. misjudge
  36. use wrongly
  37. judge before
  38. reopen
  39. behave wrongly
  40. not clear

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