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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 292 · 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.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  2. 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  4. 4.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  5. 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
  8. 8.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
  9. 9.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  10. 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  11. 11.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  14. 14.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) dishear
  15. 15.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  17. 17.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  18. 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) not safe
  19. 19.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  21. 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
  22. 22.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  23. 23.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  24. 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  25. 25.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
  26. 26.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) count again (d) not count
  27. 27.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) recount
  28. 28.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) refair
  30. 30.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
  31. 31.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) dispay
  32. 32.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) distell
  33. 33.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  34. 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) not common (d) common before
  35. 35.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  36. 36.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  37. 37.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  38. 38.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  39. 39.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) preallow
  40. 40.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) reequal

Answer key

  1. not tidy
  2. heat before
  3. un-
  4. not kind
  5. visit again
  6. mis-
  7. rewrite
  8. not continue
  9. write again
  10. untidy
  11. misuse
  12. dis-
  13. pre-
  14. mishear
  15. paint again
  16. not equal
  17. unwell
  18. not safe
  19. spell wrongly
  20. re-
  21. reheat
  22. heat again
  23. dishonest
  24. read wrongly
  25. disobey
  26. count wrongly
  27. miscount
  28. not clear
  29. unfair
  30. check again
  31. prepay
  32. retell
  33. reuse
  34. not common
  35. use again
  36. cook before
  37. not obey
  38. judge before
  39. disallow
  40. unequal

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