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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 343 · 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 prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  3. 3.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  7. 7.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear before
  8. 8.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) disloyal
  11. 11.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
  15. 15.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  16. 16.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  17. 17.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  19. 19.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
  20. 20.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) disspell
  21. 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  22. 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
  23. 23.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
  24. 24.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) relead (d) mislead
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) uncook (c) miscook (d) discook
  27. 27.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) not play
  28. 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair again
  29. 29.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) recommon
  30. 30.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
  31. 31.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  32. 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  33. 33.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  34. 34.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
  35. 35.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  36. 36.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) mistell (d) retell
  38. 38.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  39. 39.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  40. 40.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. heat again
  3. not tidy
  4. re-
  5. not usual
  6. pre-
  7. hear wrongly
  8. refill
  9. mis-
  10. disloyal
  11. not continue
  12. recheck
  13. dis-
  14. write again
  15. join again
  16. heat before
  17. not obey
  18. unlucky
  19. not loyal
  20. misspell
  21. misuse
  22. pay before
  23. cook before
  24. mislead
  25. not kind
  26. precook
  27. play again
  28. not fair
  29. uncommon
  30. unhappy
  31. not honest
  32. misunderstand
  33. disallow
  34. view before
  35. repaint
  36. visit again
  37. retell
  38. misbehave
  39. not happy
  40. discontinue

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