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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 388 · 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 “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  3. 3.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  4. 4.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  6. 6.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  7. 7.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  9. 9.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  10. 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  11. 11.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) misview (d) review
  12. 12.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) unplay (d) preplay
  13. 13.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  14. 14.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  15. 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  16. 16.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  18. 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  19. 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) unlead
  20. 20.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
  21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  22. 22.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) disunderstand (d) preunderstand
  23. 23.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  24. 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
  25. 25.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) unvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
  26. 26.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  27. 27.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
  28. 28.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead before
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  30. 30.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  31. 31.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  32. 32.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  33. 33.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
  34. 34.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  35. 35.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
  36. 36.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  37. 37.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) precontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  38. 38.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build before
  39. 39.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
  40. 40.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) untell (d) distell

Answer key

  1. not loyal
  2. dis-
  3. not usual
  4. view before
  5. mis-
  6. play again
  7. prepay
  8. re-
  9. disloyal
  10. not tidy
  11. preview
  12. replay
  13. recheck
  14. miscount
  15. heat again
  16. unfair
  17. un-
  18. not common
  19. mislead
  20. unsafe
  21. pre-
  22. misunderstand
  23. not kind
  24. unusual
  25. revisit
  26. not obey
  27. misuse
  28. lead wrongly
  29. open again
  30. rewrite
  31. not clear
  32. pay before
  33. visit again
  34. judge wrongly
  35. rebuild
  36. use again
  37. discontinue
  38. build again
  39. place wrongly
  40. retell

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