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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 559 · 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 “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  2. 2.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  3. 3.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) prekind
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  6. 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  9. 9.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) dislead (d) unlead
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  13. 13.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
  14. 14.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint
  15. 15.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
  16. 16.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  19. 19.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  20. 20.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) unhappy
  22. 22.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  23. 23.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) prehonest (c) unhonest (d) mishonest
  25. 25.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) unwell
  26. 26.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) preloyal
  27. 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
  28. 28.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  29. 29.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  30. 30.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) disfair
  31. 31.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) lead again
  32. 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
  33. 33.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  34. 34.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
  35. 35.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  36. 36.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  37. 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) untell
  38. 38.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  40. 40.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy

Answer key

  1. preheat
  2. not respect
  3. unkind
  4. re-
  5. join again
  6. unusual
  7. un-
  8. dis-
  9. write again
  10. pre-
  11. mislead
  12. untidy
  13. use wrongly
  14. paint again
  15. not well
  16. disrespect
  17. mis-
  18. check again
  19. disallow
  20. count wrongly
  21. unhappy
  22. unlucky
  23. not loyal
  24. dishonest
  25. unwell
  26. disloyal
  27. cook before
  28. not clear
  29. pay before
  30. unfair
  31. lead wrongly
  32. discontinue
  33. rewrite
  34. visit again
  35. prejudge
  36. judge wrongly
  37. retell
  38. use again
  39. heat before
  40. not happy

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