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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 524 · 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 “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  2. 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  5. 5.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  6. 6.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  7. 7.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
  8. 8.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  10. 10.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
  11. 11.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) miswell (d) unwell
  12. 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  13. 13.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  14. 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  15. 15.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
  16. 16.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  17. 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) unplace
  18. 18.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) discook
  20. 20.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  21. 21.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  22. 22.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  23. 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  24. 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build before
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  26. 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) preplay (d) unplay
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  29. 29.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
  30. 30.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) not paint
  31. 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) recount
  32. 32.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
  33. 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) distell (d) mistell
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  37. 37.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
  39. 39.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  40. 40.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill

Answer key

  1. heat again
  2. not tidy
  3. re-
  4. misuse
  5. spell wrongly
  6. cook before
  7. view before
  8. not honest
  9. mis-
  10. unusual
  11. unwell
  12. unfair
  13. count wrongly
  14. unsafe
  15. use again
  16. misbehave
  17. misplace
  18. place wrongly
  19. precook
  20. use wrongly
  21. not happy
  22. not loyal
  23. pre-
  24. build again
  25. un-
  26. not well
  27. replay
  28. join again
  29. revisit
  30. paint again
  31. miscount
  32. lead wrongly
  33. retell
  34. dis-
  35. not kind
  36. misjudge
  37. reuse
  38. visit again
  39. read wrongly
  40. fill again

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