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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 825 · 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 prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  4. 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  5. 5.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  7. 7.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) not view (d) view wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  9. 9.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) refair
  11. 11.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook before
  12. 12.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
  13. 13.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  16. 16.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  17. 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  18. 18.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) unread (d) misread
  19. 19.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  20. 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  21. 21.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  22. 22.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count again (d) count before
  23. 23.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) mispaint
  24. 24.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
  25. 25.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  26. 26.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
  27. 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  28. 28.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
  29. 29.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) misplace
  30. 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) rekind
  32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) behave again
  33. 33.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
  34. 34.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  35. 35.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) preview (c) unview (d) disview
  36. 36.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  37. 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  38. 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open before (d) open wrongly
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. not tidy
  3. dis-
  4. dishonest
  5. judge wrongly
  6. un-
  7. view before
  8. unclear
  9. build again
  10. unfair
  11. cook before
  12. not usual
  13. visit again
  14. re-
  15. unequal
  16. not common
  17. not lucky
  18. misread
  19. lead wrongly
  20. not happy
  21. discontinue
  22. count wrongly
  23. repaint
  24. reopen
  25. misuse
  26. not loyal
  27. mis-
  28. not continue
  29. misplace
  30. not respect
  31. unkind
  32. behave wrongly
  33. uncommon
  34. unlucky
  35. preview
  36. mislead
  37. read wrongly
  38. open again
  39. heat before
  40. disloyal

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