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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 624 · 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 “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread
  2. 2.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
  9. 9.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  10. 10.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) disfair
  11. 11.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
  12. 12.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  15. 15.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  16. 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  17. 17.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  18. 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  20. 20.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) untell (d) mistell
  21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) prehappy
  22. 22.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) precook
  23. 23.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview
  24. 24.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
  25. 25.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  26. 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  27. 27.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  28. 28.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) display
  29. 29.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  30. 30.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well again
  31. 31.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  32. 32.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  33. 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  34. 34.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  35. 35.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) preopen
  37. 37.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) preloyal (d) unloyal
  38. 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  39. 39.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  40. 40.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit

Answer key

  1. misread
  2. rebuild
  3. dis-
  4. unsafe
  5. mis-
  6. unlucky
  7. pre-
  8. pay before
  9. prejudge
  10. unfair
  11. repaint
  12. not happy
  13. re-
  14. fill again
  15. not allow
  16. lead wrongly
  17. recheck
  18. not honest
  19. misjudge
  20. retell
  21. unhappy
  22. precook
  23. preview
  24. not continue
  25. misunderstand
  26. visit again
  27. not loyal
  28. replay
  29. uncommon
  30. not well
  31. not fair
  32. reheat
  33. un-
  34. view before
  35. tell again
  36. reopen
  37. disloyal
  38. not kind
  39. count wrongly
  40. revisit

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