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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 49 · 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 “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  2. 2.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
  5. 5.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
  6. 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  7. 7.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  11. 11.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
  13. 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  14. 14.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
  15. 15.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  17. 17.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  18. 18.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
  19. 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  20. 20.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  21. 21.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  22. 22.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead before
  23. 23.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  24. 24.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) missafe
  25. 25.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
  26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) miscontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
  28. 28.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  29. 29.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) not usual
  30. 30.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  31. 31.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  33. 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  34. 34.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  35. 35.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) unpay
  36. 36.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  38. 38.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
  39. 39.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  40. 40.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell

Answer key

  1. misuse
  2. misspell
  3. pre-
  4. use wrongly
  5. not honest
  6. not fair
  7. rebuild
  8. dis-
  9. re-
  10. un-
  11. not kind
  12. recheck
  13. unkind
  14. write again
  15. dishonest
  16. mis-
  17. untidy
  18. cook before
  19. judge before
  20. unhappy
  21. rewrite
  22. lead wrongly
  23. unclear
  24. unsafe
  25. not allow
  26. place wrongly
  27. discontinue
  28. not safe
  29. not usual
  30. revisit
  31. read wrongly
  32. preheat
  33. unwell
  34. judge wrongly
  35. prepay
  36. not clear
  37. unfair
  38. view before
  39. behave wrongly
  40. spell wrongly

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