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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 425 · 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 “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
  2. 2.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  3. 3.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) missafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  7. 7.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  8. 8.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  9. 9.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) not visit
  10. 10.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  11. 11.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  14. 14.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  16. 16.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  17. 17.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) prehappy (d) unhappy
  18. 18.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  19. 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) pretell
  20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  21. 21.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  23. 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  24. 24.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  26. 26.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) prepay
  28. 28.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
  29. 29.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  30. 30.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) prekind
  31. 31.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  32. 32.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  34. 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  35. 35.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check before
  36. 36.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  38. 38.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  39. 39.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) disjoin

Answer key

  1. disallow
  2. understand wrongly
  3. not loyal
  4. rewrite
  5. un-
  6. unsafe
  7. open again
  8. unclear
  9. visit again
  10. unfair
  11. tell again
  12. mis-
  13. misuse
  14. revisit
  15. re-
  16. not common
  17. unhappy
  18. view before
  19. retell
  20. pre-
  21. not kind
  22. misunderstand
  23. untidy
  24. not allow
  25. dis-
  26. build again
  27. prepay
  28. discontinue
  29. not fair
  30. unkind
  31. fill again
  32. recheck
  33. dishonest
  34. disobey
  35. check again
  36. not equal
  37. unwell
  38. misjudge
  39. cook before
  40. rejoin

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