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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 649 · 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 “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  2. 2.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  3. 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  4. 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  5. 5.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) disjoin (c) misjoin (d) rejoin
  6. 6.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  8. 8.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
  9. 9.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) misview (c) unview (d) preview
  10. 10.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) prefair
  11. 11.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  12. 12.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) discook (d) precook
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
  15. 15.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
  16. 16.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  18. 18.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) not view
  19. 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  20. 20.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  22. 22.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
  23. 23.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
  24. 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  25. 25.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
  26. 26.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  27. 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  28. 28.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  29. 29.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
  30. 30.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  31. 31.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  33. 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  34. 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  35. 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
  36. 36.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  37. 37.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  38. 38.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
  39. 39.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  40. 40.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly

Answer key

  1. count wrongly
  2. hear wrongly
  3. misuse
  4. unlucky
  5. rejoin
  6. not kind
  7. reheat
  8. not fair
  9. preview
  10. unfair
  11. disobey
  12. precook
  13. mis-
  14. tell again
  15. not allow
  16. not tidy
  17. re-
  18. view before
  19. unsafe
  20. read wrongly
  21. dis-
  22. not clear
  23. unusual
  24. preheat
  25. pay before
  26. open again
  27. heat again
  28. pre-
  29. check again
  30. not loyal
  31. use wrongly
  32. not lucky
  33. reopen
  34. not common
  35. play again
  36. not usual
  37. un-
  38. unhappy
  39. revisit
  40. not happy

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