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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 758 · 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 “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  2. 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  3. 3.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
  4. 4.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  6. 6.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  7. 7.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  8. 8.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  10. 10.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  11. 11.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  12. 12.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  13. 13.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  14. 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) not common (d) common before
  15. 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  16. 16.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) precount (c) discount (d) recount
  17. 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  18. 18.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  19. 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) distell (d) mistell
  20. 20.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) displace
  21. 21.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  22. 22.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  23. 23.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  24. 24.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  26. 26.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) unwrite
  27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  28. 28.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  29. 29.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  30. 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
  31. 31.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  33. 33.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  35. 35.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  36. 36.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
  37. 37.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  38. 38.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  39. 39.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  40. 40.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead again

Answer key

  1. not respect
  2. heat before
  3. unequal
  4. not honest
  5. mis-
  6. judge before
  7. use again
  8. use wrongly
  9. pre-
  10. cook before
  11. not fair
  12. not obey
  13. pay before
  14. not common
  15. heat again
  16. miscount
  17. unfair
  18. count wrongly
  19. retell
  20. misplace
  21. tell again
  22. uncommon
  23. join again
  24. reheat
  25. un-
  26. rewrite
  27. dis-
  28. not agree
  29. not continue
  30. not kind
  31. not safe
  32. not lucky
  33. not well
  34. unclear
  35. repaint
  36. not loyal
  37. hear wrongly
  38. re-
  39. not usual
  40. lead wrongly

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