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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 790 · 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 “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  2. 2.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  3. 3.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) prelucky
  6. 6.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
  7. 7.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
  8. 8.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  9. 9.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  11. 11.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  13. 13.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  14. 14.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) miscontinue
  15. 15.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  17. 17.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) misloyal
  18. 18.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) disusual
  19. 19.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
  20. 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  22. 22.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) preview (d) misview
  23. 23.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
  24. 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  26. 26.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  27. 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook before
  28. 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
  29. 29.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow again
  30. 30.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  31. 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  32. 32.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) unplace
  33. 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) retell
  34. 34.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
  35. 35.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  36. 36.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) dislead
  37. 37.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) diskind
  40. 40.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy

Answer key

  1. count wrongly
  2. check again
  3. not well
  4. re-
  5. unlucky
  6. tell again
  7. hear wrongly
  8. dishonest
  9. judge before
  10. mis-
  11. use again
  12. misuse
  13. read wrongly
  14. discontinue
  15. not happy
  16. disallow
  17. disloyal
  18. unusual
  19. not honest
  20. not lucky
  21. un-
  22. preview
  23. reopen
  24. not obey
  25. place wrongly
  26. not respect
  27. cook before
  28. not fair
  29. not allow
  30. not continue
  31. open again
  32. misplace
  33. retell
  34. not equal
  35. mishear
  36. mislead
  37. heat before
  38. untidy
  39. unkind
  40. not tidy

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