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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 718 · 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.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
  4. 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  7. 7.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  8. 8.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  9. 9.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  12. 12.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) cook before
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  14. 14.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) precount (c) discount (d) miscount
  15. 15.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  16. 16.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
  17. 17.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  19. 19.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  20. 20.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) mispaint
  21. 21.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) preequal
  22. 22.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  23. 23.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  25. 25.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) miscommon (d) precommon
  26. 26.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) miswrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  27. 27.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) miswell
  28. 28.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  30. 30.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  31. 31.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) not join
  32. 32.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  33. 33.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) misview (c) review (d) preview
  34. 34.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
  35. 35.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) preusual
  36. 36.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) reread (d) preread
  37. 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
  38. 38.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) dishear (c) prehear (d) mishear
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) diskind
  40. 40.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before

Answer key

  1. lead wrongly
  2. pre-
  3. recheck
  4. disallow
  5. mis-
  6. not common
  7. not usual
  8. not well
  9. not equal
  10. re-
  11. paint again
  12. cook before
  13. un-
  14. miscount
  15. not happy
  16. heat before
  17. use wrongly
  18. disrespect
  19. tell again
  20. repaint
  21. unequal
  22. not clear
  23. view before
  24. dis-
  25. uncommon
  26. rewrite
  27. unwell
  28. not obey
  29. unlucky
  30. write again
  31. join again
  32. judge before
  33. preview
  34. unhappy
  35. unusual
  36. misread
  37. not kind
  38. mishear
  39. unkind
  40. not allow

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