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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 551 · 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) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  4. 4.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) discount
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  7. 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  9. 9.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  10. 10.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  11. 11.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) safe again
  12. 12.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  13. 13.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) preopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  15. 15.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) preagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  16. 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  17. 17.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  18. 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) preloyal
  19. 19.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
  20. 20.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  21. 21.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) preusual
  22. 22.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
  23. 23.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) not view (d) view wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  25. 25.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill again
  26. 26.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) misread (c) preread (d) unread
  27. 27.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
  28. 28.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) not cook
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
  30. 30.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) disbuild
  31. 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  32. 32.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
  33. 33.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
  34. 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  35. 35.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  36. 36.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  37. 37.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  38. 38.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) preclear
  39. 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  40. 40.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) prehear (d) rehear

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. mis-
  3. uncommon
  4. miscount
  5. pre-
  6. re-
  7. not lucky
  8. un-
  9. reheat
  10. not common
  11. not safe
  12. read wrongly
  13. judge wrongly
  14. reopen
  15. disagree
  16. not kind
  17. join again
  18. disloyal
  19. rejoin
  20. reuse
  21. unusual
  22. unequal
  23. view before
  24. misunderstand
  25. fill again
  26. misread
  27. misbehave
  28. cook before
  29. open again
  30. rebuild
  31. unsafe
  32. not happy
  33. not obey
  34. heat again
  35. pay before
  36. lead wrongly
  37. not loyal
  38. unclear
  39. untidy
  40. mishear

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