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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 799 · 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 “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
  2. 2.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
  3. 3.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) recount
  6. 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) common before
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  8. 8.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  11. 11.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
  14. 14.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  15. 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  16. 16.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  17. 17.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) build again (d) not build
  18. 18.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) prefair
  19. 19.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
  20. 20.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) misusual
  21. 21.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
  23. 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  24. 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  25. 25.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
  26. 26.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  27. 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) prejoin
  28. 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
  29. 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  30. 30.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  32. 32.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  33. 33.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  34. 34.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
  35. 35.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  36. 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  37. 37.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) unread (c) preread (d) reread
  39. 39.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  40. 40.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again

Answer key

  1. use wrongly
  2. discontinue
  3. write again
  4. mis-
  5. miscount
  6. not common
  7. dis-
  8. tell again
  9. misunderstand
  10. re-
  11. heat before
  12. un-
  13. untidy
  14. prepay
  15. not tidy
  16. misuse
  17. build again
  18. unfair
  19. not allow
  20. unusual
  21. not agree
  22. retell
  23. unkind
  24. visit again
  25. not equal
  26. pay before
  27. rejoin
  28. revisit
  29. refill
  30. not usual
  31. unsafe
  32. play again
  33. paint again
  34. not honest
  35. pre-
  36. misplace
  37. fill again
  38. misread
  39. unequal
  40. not happy

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