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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 453 · 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 “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) precook
  2. 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  4. 4.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
  7. 7.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  12. 12.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  13. 13.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) respell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  16. 16.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
  17. 17.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  19. 19.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
  20. 20.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  21. 21.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  23. 23.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
  24. 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  25. 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  26. 26.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  27. 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  28. 28.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  29. 29.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
  30. 30.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well again
  31. 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) unread (d) disread
  33. 33.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  34. 34.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) prefill
  35. 35.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
  36. 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) untell
  37. 37.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
  38. 38.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) precontinue (d) recontinue
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
  40. 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree

Answer key

  1. precook
  2. not kind
  3. dis-
  4. heat before
  5. pre-
  6. not honest
  7. dishonest
  8. un-
  9. rebuild
  10. mis-
  11. misuse
  12. disrespect
  13. judge wrongly
  14. misspell
  15. re-
  16. join again
  17. reheat
  18. understand wrongly
  19. not equal
  20. unequal
  21. lead wrongly
  22. untidy
  23. build again
  24. not tidy
  25. view before
  26. recheck
  27. not allow
  28. mislead
  29. not clear
  30. not well
  31. not continue
  32. misread
  33. disloyal
  34. refill
  35. pay before
  36. retell
  37. spell wrongly
  38. discontinue
  39. unkind
  40. not agree

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