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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 525 · 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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) reread (d) misread
  3. 3.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) equal again
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  5. 5.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  7. 7.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  10. 10.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
  11. 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before
  12. 12.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  13. 13.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build
  14. 14.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) discount
  15. 15.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  16. 16.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  17. 17.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
  18. 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) dissafe
  19. 19.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
  20. 20.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) disjoin (c) prejoin (d) misjoin
  21. 21.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
  22. 22.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  23. 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  24. 24.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  27. 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  28. 28.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
  29. 29.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
  30. 30.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  31. 31.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
  32. 32.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) prespell (c) disspell (d) unspell
  33. 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
  34. 34.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  35. 35.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  36. 36.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  37. 37.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  38. 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  39. 39.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
  40. 40.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) replace

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. misread
  3. not equal
  4. pre-
  5. heat before
  6. mis-
  7. hear wrongly
  8. re-
  9. use again
  10. prejudge
  11. not agree
  12. judge wrongly
  13. build again
  14. miscount
  15. visit again
  16. understand wrongly
  17. disallow
  18. unsafe
  19. replay
  20. rejoin
  21. not obey
  22. not kind
  23. not common
  24. pay before
  25. place wrongly
  26. dis-
  27. write again
  28. not honest
  29. misbehave
  30. unusual
  31. disloyal
  32. misspell
  33. misunderstand
  34. not loyal
  35. open again
  36. cook before
  37. unequal
  38. spell wrongly
  39. join again
  40. misplace

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