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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 274 · 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 prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  2. 2.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) repay
  3. 3.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  4. 4.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  6. 6.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) retell
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) disvisit
  9. 9.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) unopen
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) usual again
  14. 14.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  15. 15.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
  16. 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
  17. 17.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) not agree
  18. 18.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) discount
  19. 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  20. 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  21. 21.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  23. 23.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  25. 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  26. 26.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  27. 27.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  28. 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  29. 29.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand before
  30. 30.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  31. 31.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) recook (d) discook
  32. 32.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) count before
  33. 33.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  35. 35.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) prekind (c) unkind (d) rekind
  36. 36.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) prejoin
  37. 37.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  38. 38.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
  39. 39.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
  40. 40.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. prepay
  3. not obey
  4. unusual
  5. preheat
  6. retell
  7. re-
  8. revisit
  9. reopen
  10. un-
  11. reheat
  12. mis-
  13. not usual
  14. not tidy
  15. not continue
  16. not equal
  17. not agree
  18. miscount
  19. not happy
  20. hear wrongly
  21. rebuild
  22. unclear
  23. judge before
  24. misjudge
  25. untidy
  26. not loyal
  27. view before
  28. not common
  29. understand wrongly
  30. use again
  31. precook
  32. count wrongly
  33. misbehave
  34. not lucky
  35. unkind
  36. rejoin
  37. fill again
  38. not allow
  39. recheck
  40. place wrongly

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