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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 835 · 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 “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  3. 3.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) discook
  4. 4.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
  5. 5.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
  6. 6.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
  7. 7.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) displace
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  11. 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) place before (d) not place
  12. 12.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  14. 14.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  16. 16.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  17. 17.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
  18. 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  20. 20.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  21. 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
  22. 22.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
  23. 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  24. 24.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  25. 25.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  26. 26.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  27. 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  29. 29.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  30. 30.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
  31. 31.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  32. 32.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) preopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  33. 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  34. 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  35. 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
  36. 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  39. 39.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before

Answer key

  1. not allow
  2. recheck
  3. precook
  4. not honest
  5. not obey
  6. not equal
  7. misplace
  8. pre-
  9. disrespect
  10. un-
  11. place wrongly
  12. prepay
  13. re-
  14. not kind
  15. unusual
  16. mishear
  17. spell wrongly
  18. read wrongly
  19. mislead
  20. discontinue
  21. write again
  22. fill again
  23. use wrongly
  24. unequal
  25. use again
  26. not fair
  27. judge before
  28. dis-
  29. not safe
  30. disloyal
  31. mis-
  32. reopen
  33. not lucky
  34. not well
  35. not clear
  36. reheat
  37. unsafe
  38. not usual
  39. not agree
  40. judge wrongly

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