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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 482 · 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 “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  4. 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) disvisit
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  8. 8.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  11. 11.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  12. 12.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
  15. 15.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
  16. 16.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) rehear
  17. 17.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) disusual
  18. 18.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  19. 19.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
  20. 20.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) repay
  21. 21.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  22. 22.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  23. 23.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  25. 25.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
  26. 26.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  27. 27.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) preloyal (d) reloyal
  28. 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
  29. 29.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  30. 30.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  31. 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) uncount (d) miscount
  32. 32.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) not play
  33. 33.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
  35. 35.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  36. 36.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  37. 37.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  38. 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
  40. 40.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread

Answer key

  1. read wrongly
  2. re-
  3. not fair
  4. unlucky
  5. un-
  6. revisit
  7. not common
  8. disobey
  9. pre-
  10. unequal
  11. cook before
  12. not happy
  13. dis-
  14. not honest
  15. not agree
  16. mishear
  17. unusual
  18. use wrongly
  19. fill again
  20. prepay
  21. misplace
  22. paint again
  23. not safe
  24. misuse
  25. recheck
  26. discontinue
  27. disloyal
  28. write again
  29. heat again
  30. mis-
  31. miscount
  32. play again
  33. reuse
  34. not lucky
  35. unkind
  36. spell wrongly
  37. judge wrongly
  38. heat before
  39. untidy
  40. misread

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