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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 853 · 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) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  2. 2.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  5. 5.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  6. 6.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  7. 7.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) unread (d) preread
  8. 8.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  10. 10.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind again
  11. 11.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) diskind
  12. 12.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  13. 13.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  14. 14.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  15. 15.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  16. 16.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) misopen
  17. 17.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  18. 18.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  19. 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  20. 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  21. 21.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  22. 22.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  24. 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) relucky
  25. 25.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  26. 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  27. 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  28. 28.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) not understand
  29. 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  30. 30.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  31. 31.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) preallow (d) misallow
  32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) prefair
  33. 33.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  34. 34.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) displace
  36. 36.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) not write
  37. 37.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  38. 38.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
  39. 39.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  40. 40.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) preuse

Answer key

  1. not loyal
  2. join again
  3. un-
  4. not fair
  5. not common
  6. judge before
  7. misread
  8. not obey
  9. rewrite
  10. not kind
  11. unkind
  12. build again
  13. dishonest
  14. not allow
  15. not lucky
  16. reopen
  17. misjudge
  18. preheat
  19. mis-
  20. paint again
  21. heat before
  22. open again
  23. rejoin
  24. unlucky
  25. unusual
  26. re-
  27. mislead
  28. understand wrongly
  29. dis-
  30. pre-
  31. disallow
  32. unfair
  33. tell again
  34. read wrongly
  35. misplace
  36. write again
  37. check again
  38. disobey
  39. place wrongly
  40. misuse

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