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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 302 · 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 clear”? (a) unclear (b) misclear (c) preclear (d) disclear
  2. 2.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  3. 3.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
  6. 6.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  7. 7.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  8. 8.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) not common
  9. 9.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  10. 10.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  11. 11.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  12. 12.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  13. 13.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  14. 14.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
  15. 15.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  17. 17.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  18. 18.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
  19. 19.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  20. 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  21. 21.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) unpay
  22. 22.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) disvisit (c) misvisit (d) previsit
  23. 23.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
  24. 24.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  25. 25.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  26. 26.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  27. 27.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  28. 28.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  29. 29.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
  30. 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
  31. 31.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) mishonest
  33. 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  34. 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) not join (d) join again
  35. 35.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  36. 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
  37. 37.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
  38. 38.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  39. 39.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  40. 40.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use

Answer key

  1. unclear
  2. not lucky
  3. cook before
  4. dis-
  5. not obey
  6. preheat
  7. unlucky
  8. not common
  9. prejudge
  10. not kind
  11. not fair
  12. disloyal
  13. read wrongly
  14. not equal
  15. discontinue
  16. pre-
  17. untidy
  18. recheck
  19. open again
  20. mis-
  21. prepay
  22. revisit
  23. rewrite
  24. lead wrongly
  25. not safe
  26. hear wrongly
  27. reheat
  28. re-
  29. not loyal
  30. count wrongly
  31. write again
  32. dishonest
  33. un-
  34. join again
  35. disrespect
  36. fill again
  37. misunderstand
  38. use wrongly
  39. judge before
  40. use again

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