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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 669 · 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 “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  6. 6.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  7. 7.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  8. 8.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
  9. 9.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit before
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  13. 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
  14. 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  15. 15.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  16. 16.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) recount
  17. 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  18. 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  19. 19.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  21. 21.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  22. 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
  23. 23.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  24. 24.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  25. 25.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
  27. 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  28. 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) disvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
  29. 29.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  30. 30.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
  31. 31.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  32. 32.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  33. 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
  34. 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  35. 35.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  36. 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) not open
  37. 37.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  38. 38.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  39. 39.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
  40. 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) rekind

Answer key

  1. heat again
  2. re-
  3. reheat
  4. un-
  5. mis-
  6. place wrongly
  7. use wrongly
  8. read wrongly
  9. visit again
  10. dis-
  11. pre-
  12. play again
  13. disobey
  14. heat before
  15. not honest
  16. miscount
  17. cook before
  18. not common
  19. not safe
  20. misjudge
  21. mislead
  22. retell
  23. discontinue
  24. unfair
  25. not allow
  26. precook
  27. write again
  28. revisit
  29. preheat
  30. fill again
  31. unequal
  32. unclear
  33. lead wrongly
  34. misuse
  35. untidy
  36. open again
  37. not respect
  38. disloyal
  39. check again
  40. unkind

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