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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 69 · 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) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  4. 4.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  5. 5.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  6. 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
  7. 7.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
  8. 8.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  9. 9.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) not pay
  10. 10.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  11. 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  13. 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  14. 14.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
  15. 15.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  16. 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  17. 17.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  19. 19.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) clear again
  20. 20.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  22. 22.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  23. 23.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  24. 24.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check before
  25. 25.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) unbuild (d) disbuild
  26. 26.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
  27. 27.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
  28. 28.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  31. 31.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  32. 32.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) discount
  33. 33.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common again (d) common before
  34. 34.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) not play
  35. 35.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  36. 36.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read again (d) read before
  37. 37.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  38. 38.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) unvisit
  39. 39.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  40. 40.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) preobey

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. mis-
  3. mislead
  4. not lucky
  5. uncommon
  6. disloyal
  7. not respect
  8. paint again
  9. pay before
  10. hear wrongly
  11. not happy
  12. untidy
  13. not allow
  14. lead wrongly
  15. build again
  16. not obey
  17. not fair
  18. re-
  19. not clear
  20. rewrite
  21. dis-
  22. reopen
  23. heat again
  24. check again
  25. rebuild
  26. cook before
  27. not usual
  28. misjudge
  29. open again
  30. unequal
  31. visit again
  32. miscount
  33. not common
  34. play again
  35. misuse
  36. read wrongly
  37. heat before
  38. revisit
  39. disallow
  40. disobey

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