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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 735 · 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 “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  2. 2.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) preagree
  5. 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  6. 6.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) not paint
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  8. 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
  9. 9.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  10. 10.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  11. 11.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) cook before
  12. 12.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  13. 13.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) discook
  14. 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  15. 15.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) prekind
  16. 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) dislucky
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  18. 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
  19. 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  21. 21.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
  22. 22.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) unplay (d) preplay
  23. 23.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) disclear
  24. 24.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  25. 25.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) not understand
  26. 26.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  27. 27.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  28. 28.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  29. 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) ununderstand
  30. 30.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
  31. 31.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  32. 32.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  33. 33.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  34. 34.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) refill (d) misfill
  35. 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  36. 36.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  37. 37.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
  38. 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
  39. 39.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  40. 40.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy

Answer key

  1. dishonest
  2. not obey
  3. dis-
  4. disagree
  5. not clear
  6. paint again
  7. re-
  8. not usual
  9. uncommon
  10. misuse
  11. cook before
  12. not lucky
  13. precook
  14. build again
  15. unkind
  16. unlucky
  17. un-
  18. not common
  19. unusual
  20. pre-
  21. not allow
  22. replay
  23. unclear
  24. use wrongly
  25. understand wrongly
  26. join again
  27. behave wrongly
  28. use again
  29. misunderstand
  30. recheck
  31. judge before
  32. judge wrongly
  33. read wrongly
  34. refill
  35. preheat
  36. write again
  37. fill again
  38. prejudge
  39. not happy
  40. not tidy

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