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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 552 · 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 “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  2. 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  3. 3.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
  4. 4.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand
  5. 5.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
  6. 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  7. 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  8. 8.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
  9. 9.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  10. 10.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again
  13. 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  14. 14.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  15. 15.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) unview (d) preview
  19. 19.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  20. 20.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  21. 21.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
  22. 22.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
  23. 23.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  25. 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  27. 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  28. 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  29. 29.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) misagree
  31. 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  32. 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
  33. 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
  34. 34.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) display (d) replay
  35. 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) recount (d) miscount
  36. 36.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
  37. 37.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  38. 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  39. 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  40. 40.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play

Answer key

  1. not continue
  2. heat before
  3. misjudge
  4. understand wrongly
  5. unhappy
  6. not fair
  7. not happy
  8. build again
  9. not loyal
  10. not lucky
  11. pre-
  12. cook before
  13. join again
  14. heat again
  15. not safe
  16. not equal
  17. re-
  18. preview
  19. preheat
  20. not tidy
  21. judge wrongly
  22. unequal
  23. uncommon
  24. un-
  25. mis-
  26. dis-
  27. unlucky
  28. reopen
  29. not well
  30. disagree
  31. disrespect
  32. not kind
  33. revisit
  34. replay
  35. miscount
  36. untidy
  37. misbehave
  38. misuse
  39. not common
  40. play again

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