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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 440 · 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) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
  3. 3.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  4. 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) miscontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  5. 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  6. 6.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  8. 8.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  9. 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) disfair
  12. 12.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  14. 14.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  15. 15.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  16. 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  17. 17.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) retell
  19. 19.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  22. 22.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  23. 23.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) not agree
  26. 26.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay before
  27. 27.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  28. 28.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) misallow
  29. 29.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  30. 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  31. 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) misfill
  32. 32.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  33. 33.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  34. 34.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) misloyal
  35. 35.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  36. 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) relucky
  37. 37.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
  38. 38.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  39. 39.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. rebuild
  3. uncommon
  4. discontinue
  5. visit again
  6. understand wrongly
  7. prejudge
  8. not lucky
  9. fill again
  10. re-
  11. unfair
  12. count wrongly
  13. pre-
  14. read wrongly
  15. not clear
  16. not equal
  17. not allow
  18. retell
  19. not continue
  20. un-
  21. dis-
  22. unhappy
  23. hear wrongly
  24. preheat
  25. not agree
  26. pay before
  27. disobey
  28. disallow
  29. unusual
  30. reheat
  31. refill
  32. unkind
  33. not honest
  34. disloyal
  35. disagree
  36. unlucky
  37. play again
  38. not well
  39. misuse
  40. build again

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