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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 283 · 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) preuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
  4. 4.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) disunderstand
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  9. 9.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  10. 10.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) review (d) unview
  11. 11.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  12. 12.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  13. 13.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  14. 14.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  15. 15.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) prewrite
  16. 16.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) mislead
  17. 17.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
  18. 18.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  19. 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) recook (d) precook
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  21. 21.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  22. 22.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  23. 23.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) disallow
  24. 24.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  25. 25.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear again
  26. 26.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  27. 27.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) repay
  28. 28.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
  29. 29.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  30. 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  31. 31.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  32. 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) misrespect
  34. 34.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
  35. 35.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
  36. 36.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) precount (c) recount (d) discount
  37. 37.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
  38. 38.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  39. 39.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  40. 40.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) recommon

Answer key

  1. reuse
  2. dis-
  3. write again
  4. read wrongly
  5. mis-
  6. misunderstand
  7. pre-
  8. re-
  9. unusual
  10. preview
  11. reopen
  12. place wrongly
  13. recheck
  14. not fair
  15. rewrite
  16. mislead
  17. revisit
  18. heat before
  19. precook
  20. un-
  21. preheat
  22. unwell
  23. disallow
  24. unclear
  25. not clear
  26. not common
  27. prepay
  28. mishear
  29. not honest
  30. disobey
  31. lead wrongly
  32. join again
  33. disrespect
  34. unhappy
  35. check again
  36. miscount
  37. not allow
  38. unlucky
  39. rebuild
  40. uncommon

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