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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 648 · 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 “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  3. 3.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) unhear
  4. 4.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
  7. 7.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
  8. 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  11. 11.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  14. 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) untell
  15. 15.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
  17. 17.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  19. 19.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  20. 20.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
  21. 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  22. 22.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
  23. 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  24. 24.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
  25. 25.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  26. 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) not understand
  27. 27.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  28. 28.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) prelucky
  29. 29.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) misjoin
  31. 31.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  32. 32.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  34. 34.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  35. 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  36. 36.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  37. 37.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
  40. 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly

Answer key

  1. visit again
  2. uncommon
  3. mishear
  4. tell again
  5. pre-
  6. paint again
  7. not allow
  8. not usual
  9. un-
  10. unwell
  11. not clear
  12. mis-
  13. reuse
  14. retell
  15. not obey
  16. not safe
  17. write again
  18. dis-
  19. count wrongly
  20. pay before
  21. re-
  22. disallow
  23. not fair
  24. check again
  25. judge wrongly
  26. understand wrongly
  27. rebuild
  28. unlucky
  29. spell wrongly
  30. rejoin
  31. not loyal
  32. not agree
  33. prejudge
  34. repaint
  35. misbehave
  36. preheat
  37. misspell
  38. unusual
  39. discontinue
  40. not honest

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