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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 279 · 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 “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) dispay (d) repay
  2. 2.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
  3. 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  4. 4.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) relead
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  6. 6.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
  7. 7.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  8. 8.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
  9. 9.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) unview (d) preview
  10. 10.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  13. 13.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  16. 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  17. 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  19. 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  20. 20.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) preloyal (d) unloyal
  21. 21.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  22. 22.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
  23. 23.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
  24. 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
  25. 25.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  26. 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  27. 27.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  28. 28.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  29. 29.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
  31. 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) respect again
  32. 32.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
  33. 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  34. 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
  35. 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) displace
  36. 36.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
  37. 37.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  38. 38.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  39. 39.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
  40. 40.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) not write

Answer key

  1. prepay
  2. discontinue
  3. not common
  4. mislead
  5. mis-
  6. judge wrongly
  7. reuse
  8. check again
  9. preview
  10. not happy
  11. un-
  12. not tidy
  13. use again
  14. pre-
  15. dis-
  16. not kind
  17. cook before
  18. re-
  19. judge before
  20. disloyal
  21. disallow
  22. disrespect
  23. not continue
  24. not obey
  25. build again
  26. use wrongly
  27. unkind
  28. tell again
  29. not lucky
  30. not equal
  31. not respect
  32. place wrongly
  33. understand wrongly
  34. misuse
  35. misplace
  36. not honest
  37. recheck
  38. paint again
  39. visit again
  40. write again

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