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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 751 · 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 tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  2. 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) recommon
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  5. 5.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  6. 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) misusual
  7. 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  8. 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) preunderstand
  11. 11.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) prehear
  12. 12.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
  13. 13.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  14. 14.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  15. 15.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) preplace
  16. 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  18. 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
  19. 19.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  20. 20.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  21. 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) discount
  22. 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  23. 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  24. 24.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear before
  25. 25.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
  26. 26.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit
  27. 27.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) disview (c) misview (d) review
  28. 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  29. 29.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  30. 30.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  31. 31.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  32. 32.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
  33. 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
  34. 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) not well
  35. 35.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  36. 36.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  37. 37.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  38. 38.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) prekind
  40. 40.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead

Answer key

  1. untidy
  2. uncommon
  3. pre-
  4. not loyal
  5. misuse
  6. unusual
  7. judge before
  8. play again
  9. un-
  10. misunderstand
  11. mishear
  12. preheat
  13. not fair
  14. recheck
  15. misplace
  16. unclear
  17. dis-
  18. not lucky
  19. heat before
  20. misspell
  21. miscount
  22. not tidy
  23. read wrongly
  24. not clear
  25. reheat
  26. revisit
  27. preview
  28. rewrite
  29. use wrongly
  30. mis-
  31. count wrongly
  32. not happy
  33. reopen
  34. not well
  35. build again
  36. not agree
  37. unequal
  38. re-
  39. unkind
  40. mislead

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