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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 816 · 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 “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  2. 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  3. 3.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) misplay (c) preplay (d) replay
  4. 4.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  7. 7.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  8. 8.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
  9. 9.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  10. 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
  11. 11.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) repay
  14. 14.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  15. 15.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  16. 16.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  17. 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  18. 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  19. 19.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  20. 20.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  21. 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  22. 22.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  24. 24.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  25. 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  26. 26.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  27. 27.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) preloyal
  28. 28.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  29. 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  30. 30.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  31. 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  32. 32.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  33. 33.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  35. 35.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  36. 36.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) recontinue (d) uncontinue
  37. 37.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
  38. 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  39. 39.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
  40. 40.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) misheat

Answer key

  1. cook before
  2. not tidy
  3. replay
  4. fill again
  5. pre-
  6. dis-
  7. not clear
  8. reheat
  9. unhappy
  10. paint again
  11. lead wrongly
  12. mis-
  13. prepay
  14. read wrongly
  15. not safe
  16. behave wrongly
  17. not equal
  18. not lucky
  19. rewrite
  20. miscount
  21. re-
  22. not obey
  23. prejudge
  24. not common
  25. heat again
  26. unclear
  27. disloyal
  28. visit again
  29. judge wrongly
  30. not loyal
  31. un-
  32. unusual
  33. build again
  34. unkind
  35. not happy
  36. discontinue
  37. not continue
  38. reuse
  39. disrespect
  40. preheat

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