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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 651 · 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 “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead before
  2. 2.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  3. 3.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  4. 4.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear before
  5. 5.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
  6. 6.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open again (d) open wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) unplay (d) replay
  10. 10.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  11. 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
  14. 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) untell
  15. 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  17. 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  18. 18.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) unagree (d) misagree
  19. 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  20. 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  21. 21.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) recook
  22. 22.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) not view
  23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  24. 24.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  25. 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  26. 26.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
  27. 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  28. 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) previsit
  29. 29.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) misview
  30. 30.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
  31. 31.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  32. 32.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  34. 34.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  35. 35.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  36. 36.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  37. 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write again (d) write before
  38. 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  39. 39.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
  40. 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy

Answer key

  1. lead wrongly
  2. cook before
  3. preheat
  4. hear wrongly
  5. not obey
  6. open again
  7. un-
  8. mis-
  9. replay
  10. not continue
  11. place wrongly
  12. dis-
  13. count wrongly
  14. retell
  15. not tidy
  16. recheck
  17. judge before
  18. disagree
  19. not happy
  20. heat before
  21. precook
  22. view before
  23. re-
  24. paint again
  25. pre-
  26. rewrite
  27. heat again
  28. revisit
  29. preview
  30. reuse
  31. prejudge
  32. tell again
  33. disallow
  34. reheat
  35. not common
  36. dishonest
  37. write again
  38. not clear
  39. pay before
  40. unhappy

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