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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 813 · 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 “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  2. 2.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
  3. 3.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  5. 5.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect again
  6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
  7. 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
  8. 8.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) prebuild
  9. 9.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  10. 10.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  13. 13.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit before
  16. 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
  17. 17.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  18. 18.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay again
  19. 19.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
  21. 21.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  22. 22.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  23. 23.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) prehonest (d) mishonest
  24. 24.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  25. 25.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) preplay (d) display
  26. 26.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) prewell
  28. 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  29. 29.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check before
  30. 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
  31. 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
  32. 32.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) disjoin (d) misjoin
  33. 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
  34. 34.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  35. 35.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  36. 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) prekind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  37. 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  38. 38.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  39. 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  40. 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint

Answer key

  1. not loyal
  2. not continue
  3. rewrite
  4. dis-
  5. not respect
  6. uncommon
  7. not lucky
  8. rebuild
  9. view before
  10. unusual
  11. re-
  12. un-
  13. prejudge
  14. mis-
  15. visit again
  16. lead wrongly
  17. repaint
  18. pay before
  19. not common
  20. precook
  21. build again
  22. unlucky
  23. dishonest
  24. hear wrongly
  25. replay
  26. play again
  27. unwell
  28. reopen
  29. check again
  30. not kind
  31. not obey
  32. rejoin
  33. revisit
  34. not clear
  35. reheat
  36. unkind
  37. miscount
  38. use wrongly
  39. spell wrongly
  40. paint again

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