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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 377 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
  3. 3.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  4. 4.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
  5. 5.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  6. 6.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  9. 9.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  13. 13.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) dislead
  14. 14.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  15. 15.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  16. 16.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
  17. 17.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
  18. 18.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow again (d) allow wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) precontinue (d) uncontinue
  20. 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) not spell
  21. 21.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
  22. 22.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
  23. 23.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
  24. 24.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) agree before
  25. 25.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
  26. 26.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  27. 27.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  28. 28.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) prehappy (d) dishappy
  29. 29.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  30. 30.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) prespell
  31. 31.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  32. 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  33. 33.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) prelucky
  34. 34.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  35. 35.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  36. 36.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) misrespect
  37. 37.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) mishonest
  38. 38.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  39. 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  40. 40.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) reusual (d) preusual

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. preheat
  3. heat before
  4. play again
  5. build again
  6. not usual
  7. dis-
  8. un-
  9. use wrongly
  10. re-
  11. pre-
  12. not respect
  13. mislead
  14. view before
  15. misuse
  16. write again
  17. not happy
  18. not allow
  19. discontinue
  20. spell wrongly
  21. uncommon
  22. repaint
  23. misjudge
  24. not agree
  25. misunderstand
  26. cook before
  27. judge wrongly
  28. unhappy
  29. not equal
  30. misspell
  31. not honest
  32. not common
  33. unlucky
  34. unequal
  35. visit again
  36. disrespect
  37. dishonest
  38. not tidy
  39. not well
  40. unusual

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