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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 644 · 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 “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) cook again
  3. 3.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view again
  4. 4.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) recount (c) discount (d) miscount
  5. 5.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
  8. 8.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  9. 9.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
  10. 10.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) lead again
  13. 13.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
  14. 14.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  15. 15.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) prehonest
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  17. 17.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  18. 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  19. 19.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
  20. 20.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) dislead (d) prelead
  21. 21.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  22. 22.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) recook
  23. 23.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) misfair
  24. 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  25. 25.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave again
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  27. 27.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) misallow
  28. 28.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) unhear
  29. 29.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) not paint
  30. 30.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay again
  31. 31.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  32. 32.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  33. 33.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree before
  34. 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) join again
  35. 35.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  38. 38.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  40. 40.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) reopen

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. cook before
  3. view before
  4. miscount
  5. use wrongly
  6. re-
  7. not usual
  8. unequal
  9. not common
  10. not allow
  11. mis-
  12. lead wrongly
  13. place wrongly
  14. check again
  15. dishonest
  16. dis-
  17. misbehave
  18. tell again
  19. not honest
  20. mislead
  21. heat again
  22. precook
  23. unfair
  24. preheat
  25. behave wrongly
  26. un-
  27. disallow
  28. mishear
  29. paint again
  30. pay before
  31. count wrongly
  32. not loyal
  33. not agree
  34. join again
  35. understand wrongly
  36. not happy
  37. unlucky
  38. not lucky
  39. untidy
  40. reopen

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