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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 284 · 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 loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) misloyal
  2. 2.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  3. 3.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) misread (d) disread
  4. 4.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  5. 5.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
  7. 7.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  8. 8.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  16. 16.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  17. 17.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
  18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check before
  19. 19.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
  20. 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  21. 21.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) disclear
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) prejoin
  24. 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) read before (d) not read
  25. 25.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) preview (d) unview
  26. 26.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) dislead
  27. 27.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) refair
  28. 28.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  29. 29.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  30. 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  31. 31.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
  32. 32.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  33. 33.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
  34. 34.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  35. 35.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  36. 36.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
  37. 37.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  38. 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  39. 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
  40. 40.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount

Answer key

  1. disloyal
  2. misuse
  3. misread
  4. not clear
  5. pay before
  6. unhappy
  7. not honest
  8. count wrongly
  9. pre-
  10. re-
  11. mis-
  12. not happy
  13. rewrite
  14. un-
  15. dis-
  16. reheat
  17. misjudge
  18. check again
  19. rebuild
  20. hear wrongly
  21. not tidy
  22. unclear
  23. rejoin
  24. read wrongly
  25. preview
  26. mislead
  27. unfair
  28. unusual
  29. tell again
  30. not safe
  31. unequal
  32. preheat
  33. disagree
  34. not equal
  35. not obey
  36. dishonest
  37. behave wrongly
  38. heat before
  39. not well
  40. miscount

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