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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 258 · 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 honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
  2. 2.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) not allow
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  5. 5.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  6. 6.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  7. 7.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) preopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  9. 9.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  10. 10.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) prebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  13. 13.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  15. 15.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) misfill (c) unfill (d) refill
  18. 18.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
  19. 19.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) disunderstand
  20. 20.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  21. 21.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread
  23. 23.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  24. 24.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) not count (d) count before
  25. 25.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  26. 26.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
  27. 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  28. 28.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  30. 30.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  31. 31.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
  32. 32.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  33. 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
  34. 34.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
  35. 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  36. 36.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  37. 37.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) misfair
  38. 38.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) misclear
  39. 39.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  40. 40.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue

Answer key

  1. dishonest
  2. not allow
  3. dis-
  4. mis-
  5. not loyal
  6. reheat
  7. reopen
  8. pre-
  9. unhappy
  10. not well
  11. un-
  12. misbehave
  13. disloyal
  14. re-
  15. not equal
  16. not lucky
  17. refill
  18. not kind
  19. misunderstand
  20. not obey
  21. mishear
  22. misread
  23. not happy
  24. count wrongly
  25. check again
  26. uncommon
  27. not common
  28. behave wrongly
  29. reuse
  30. not honest
  31. spell wrongly
  32. heat before
  33. revisit
  34. write again
  35. lead wrongly
  36. heat again
  37. unfair
  38. unclear
  39. judge before
  40. discontinue

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