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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 845 · 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 “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  6. 6.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) check again
  7. 7.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) preplace
  9. 9.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
  10. 10.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) not tell
  11. 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  12. 12.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open again (d) open wrongly
  13. 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  15. 15.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  16. 16.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  17. 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  18. 18.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
  19. 19.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
  20. 20.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) display
  21. 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  22. 22.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) not lead
  23. 23.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) misfill
  24. 24.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
  25. 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
  26. 26.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  27. 27.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint again
  28. 28.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  29. 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) recount (d) uncount
  30. 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) clear before
  31. 31.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) miscook
  32. 32.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  33. 33.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) misloyal (d) preloyal
  34. 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  35. 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  36. 36.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  37. 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  38. 38.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  39. 39.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  40. 40.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit

Answer key

  1. pay before
  2. mis-
  3. use wrongly
  4. re-
  5. not respect
  6. check again
  7. write again
  8. misplace
  9. build again
  10. tell again
  11. place wrongly
  12. open again
  13. not tidy
  14. un-
  15. reuse
  16. dishonest
  17. pre-
  18. discontinue
  19. not kind
  20. replay
  21. misuse
  22. lead wrongly
  23. refill
  24. prejudge
  25. view before
  26. misspell
  27. paint again
  28. judge wrongly
  29. miscount
  30. not clear
  31. precook
  32. disrespect
  33. disloyal
  34. preheat
  35. not fair
  36. dis-
  37. not happy
  38. disobey
  39. unlucky
  40. visit again

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