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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 244 · 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) reuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  5. 5.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  7. 7.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) misfill
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  12. 12.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  14. 14.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) precook
  15. 15.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
  16. 16.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  18. 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
  19. 19.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) unplace
  21. 21.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check again
  22. 22.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  23. 23.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) not view (d) view before
  24. 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
  25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) agree before
  26. 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  27. 27.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) disbuild
  28. 28.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  29. 29.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
  31. 31.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  32. 32.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead again
  33. 33.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) display (d) unplay
  34. 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join before (d) join wrongly
  35. 35.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
  36. 36.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  37. 37.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  38. 38.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  39. 39.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) reusual

Answer key

  1. reuse
  2. un-
  3. not loyal
  4. pre-
  5. not kind
  6. misunderstand
  7. unfair
  8. re-
  9. refill
  10. dis-
  11. disallow
  12. pay before
  13. repaint
  14. precook
  15. preheat
  16. heat before
  17. unlucky
  18. unsafe
  19. not allow
  20. misplace
  21. check again
  22. disagree
  23. view before
  24. visit again
  25. not agree
  26. mis-
  27. rebuild
  28. not continue
  29. place wrongly
  30. misbehave
  31. heat again
  32. lead wrongly
  33. replay
  34. join again
  35. not equal
  36. misuse
  37. not clear
  38. not honest
  39. understand wrongly
  40. unusual

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