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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 336 · 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 “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) preview (d) disview
  3. 3.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  7. 7.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
  8. 8.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  9. 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  10. 10.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead
  11. 11.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  12. 12.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) recook
  13. 13.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
  16. 16.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  17. 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) unplace
  18. 18.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit before
  19. 19.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  20. 20.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) disvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
  21. 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  22. 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  23. 23.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  25. 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  26. 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  27. 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  28. 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  29. 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  30. 30.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) disfill (d) refill
  31. 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  32. 32.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
  33. 33.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  34. 34.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) disloyal
  35. 35.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  37. 37.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
  38. 38.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) rehear
  39. 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) prejoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin

Answer key

  1. write again
  2. preview
  3. not lucky
  4. re-
  5. reuse
  6. pre-
  7. join again
  8. not allow
  9. fill again
  10. lead wrongly
  11. not safe
  12. precook
  13. unlucky
  14. dis-
  15. hear wrongly
  16. preheat
  17. misplace
  18. visit again
  19. disrespect
  20. revisit
  21. untidy
  22. mis-
  23. disallow
  24. un-
  25. use wrongly
  26. unequal
  27. not common
  28. not usual
  29. judge wrongly
  30. refill
  31. unusual
  32. build again
  33. misspell
  34. disloyal
  35. reopen
  36. not happy
  37. play again
  38. mishear
  39. tell again
  40. rejoin

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