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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 404 · 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 “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  3. 3.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) review (c) preview (d) disview
  4. 4.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  5. 5.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) preallow
  6. 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) preloyal
  7. 7.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
  8. 8.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  9. 9.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) not continue
  10. 10.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  11. 11.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  12. 12.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) unread (d) reread
  13. 13.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
  14. 14.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  15. 15.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  16. 16.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  17. 17.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) uncook
  18. 18.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  20. 20.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  22. 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  23. 23.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
  24. 24.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  25. 25.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
  26. 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  27. 27.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  28. 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  29. 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
  30. 30.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  31. 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  32. 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  33. 33.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  34. 34.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  35. 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) disequal
  36. 36.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) uncount (d) miscount
  37. 37.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  38. 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  39. 39.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  40. 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) distidy

Answer key

  1. check again
  2. dis-
  3. preview
  4. uncommon
  5. disallow
  6. disloyal
  7. dishonest
  8. behave wrongly
  9. not continue
  10. not agree
  11. heat again
  12. misread
  13. repaint
  14. not tidy
  15. not lucky
  16. fill again
  17. precook
  18. not happy
  19. re-
  20. judge before
  21. un-
  22. pre-
  23. unhappy
  24. not common
  25. use again
  26. mis-
  27. not honest
  28. rejoin
  29. misjudge
  30. lead wrongly
  31. heat before
  32. disobey
  33. not usual
  34. not kind
  35. unequal
  36. miscount
  37. open again
  38. reuse
  39. count wrongly
  40. untidy

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