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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 760 · 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 allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) reallow
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) recook (d) discook
  5. 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
  7. 7.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  8. 8.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) not view
  9. 9.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
  10. 10.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) discount
  11. 11.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) mishonest
  13. 13.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  14. 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) untell
  15. 15.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) misclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  17. 17.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  18. 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
  19. 19.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
  20. 20.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
  21. 21.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  22. 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  24. 24.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  25. 25.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  26. 26.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) not usual
  27. 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  28. 28.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  29. 29.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) reread (d) misread
  31. 31.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  32. 32.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  33. 33.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  34. 34.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  35. 35.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
  36. 36.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
  37. 37.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) dispay
  38. 38.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  39. 39.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) preview (d) review
  40. 40.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check

Answer key

  1. disallow
  2. re-
  3. un-
  4. precook
  5. not clear
  6. misunderstand
  7. heat before
  8. view before
  9. disobey
  10. miscount
  11. understand wrongly
  12. dishonest
  13. preheat
  14. retell
  15. unclear
  16. pre-
  17. join again
  18. not honest
  19. revisit
  20. open again
  21. pay before
  22. not safe
  23. dis-
  24. fill again
  25. not continue
  26. not usual
  27. mis-
  28. misjudge
  29. not respect
  30. misread
  31. mislead
  32. misbehave
  33. disrespect
  34. not loyal
  35. place wrongly
  36. write again
  37. prepay
  38. not equal
  39. preview
  40. check again

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