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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 695 · 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 word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) untell (d) mistell
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) disview (c) misview (d) unview
  7. 7.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  8. 8.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) not fill
  13. 13.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
  14. 14.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  15. 15.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) unopen
  16. 16.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  17. 17.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  18. 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  19. 19.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  20. 20.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  21. 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  22. 22.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) reloyal (c) preloyal (d) unloyal
  23. 23.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) not allow
  24. 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  25. 25.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  26. 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  27. 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  28. 28.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  29. 29.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  30. 30.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
  31. 31.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  32. 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
  34. 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  35. 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
  36. 36.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
  37. 37.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) not cook
  38. 38.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
  39. 39.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  40. 40.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest

Answer key

  1. retell
  2. re-
  3. use wrongly
  4. dis-
  5. pre-
  6. preview
  7. not equal
  8. misspell
  9. mis-
  10. rewrite
  11. un-
  12. fill again
  13. not usual
  14. not fair
  15. reopen
  16. discontinue
  17. unclear
  18. not honest
  19. open again
  20. not continue
  21. not common
  22. disloyal
  23. not allow
  24. not tidy
  25. judge wrongly
  26. unhappy
  27. uncommon
  28. unusual
  29. reheat
  30. behave wrongly
  31. unequal
  32. read wrongly
  33. rebuild
  34. not well
  35. recheck
  36. tell again
  37. cook before
  38. not obey
  39. pay before
  40. dishonest

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