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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 731 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  5. 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
  6. 6.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) replace
  7. 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  8. 8.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  9. 9.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  10. 10.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
  14. 14.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  16. 16.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
  17. 17.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  18. 18.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  19. 19.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
  20. 20.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
  21. 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  22. 22.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
  23. 23.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  26. 26.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  27. 27.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) disallow
  28. 28.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) diskind
  29. 29.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
  30. 30.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  31. 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
  32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  33. 33.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) prewrite
  34. 34.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) relead (c) unlead (d) prelead
  35. 35.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
  36. 36.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook again
  37. 37.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) disvisit
  38. 38.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  39. 39.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  40. 40.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. unwell
  3. un-
  4. unlucky
  5. not clear
  6. misplace
  7. not lucky
  8. not tidy
  9. misuse
  10. heat before
  11. re-
  12. pre-
  13. rebuild
  14. not safe
  15. judge before
  16. pay before
  17. lead wrongly
  18. not continue
  19. not fair
  20. untidy
  21. not well
  22. not honest
  23. write again
  24. uncommon
  25. not kind
  26. reheat
  27. disallow
  28. unkind
  29. discontinue
  30. not common
  31. tell again
  32. unfair
  33. rewrite
  34. mislead
  35. disobey
  36. cook before
  37. revisit
  38. use again
  39. not equal
  40. dis-

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