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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 713 · 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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
  3. 3.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) preallow
  4. 4.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) not write
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit
  9. 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  10. 10.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  11. 11.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  12. 12.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  13. 13.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  14. 14.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  15. 15.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) pretell
  16. 16.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) prelead (d) unlead
  17. 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  18. 18.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  19. 19.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  20. 20.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  21. 21.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  22. 22.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
  23. 23.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  24. 24.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  25. 25.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) not open
  26. 26.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) precount (d) miscount
  27. 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  28. 28.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  29. 29.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  30. 30.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) prehear (c) rehear (d) unhear
  31. 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) well again
  32. 32.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit again
  33. 33.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) prepay
  34. 34.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  35. 35.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  36. 36.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
  37. 37.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  38. 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  39. 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) preplay (d) misplay
  40. 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. discontinue
  3. disallow
  4. write again
  5. re-
  6. build again
  7. un-
  8. revisit
  9. disrespect
  10. reopen
  11. reuse
  12. lead wrongly
  13. tell again
  14. untidy
  15. retell
  16. mislead
  17. not common
  18. heat before
  19. not clear
  20. disloyal
  21. judge wrongly
  22. not continue
  23. unsafe
  24. not loyal
  25. open again
  26. miscount
  27. cook before
  28. pre-
  29. mis-
  30. mishear
  31. not well
  32. visit again
  33. prepay
  34. not honest
  35. use again
  36. unwell
  37. play again
  38. not kind
  39. replay
  40. read wrongly

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