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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 417 · 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 word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) unread (c) misread (d) preread
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  4. 4.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) misfill
  8. 8.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  9. 9.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
  10. 10.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  11. 11.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  13. 13.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  14. 14.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  15. 15.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
  16. 16.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) open again
  17. 17.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
  18. 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  19. 19.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
  20. 20.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) prekind
  21. 21.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  22. 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  23. 23.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  24. 24.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  25. 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) misview (d) unview
  27. 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) unplay (d) preplay
  28. 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  29. 29.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) dislead
  30. 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) preobey
  31. 31.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) prefair
  32. 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  34. 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  35. 35.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  37. 37.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
  39. 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
  40. 40.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill

Answer key

  1. misread
  2. dis-
  3. un-
  4. not well
  5. pre-
  6. re-
  7. refill
  8. use again
  9. play again
  10. unequal
  11. not usual
  12. unsafe
  13. visit again
  14. heat again
  15. unusual
  16. open again
  17. untidy
  18. not safe
  19. paint again
  20. unkind
  21. check again
  22. mis-
  23. discontinue
  24. heat before
  25. not lucky
  26. preview
  27. replay
  28. prejudge
  29. mislead
  30. disobey
  31. unfair
  32. not common
  33. rewrite
  34. preheat
  35. disallow
  36. not happy
  37. count wrongly
  38. rebuild
  39. not honest
  40. fill again

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