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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 854 · 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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  3. 3.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  4. 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  7. 7.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  10. 10.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) not open
  11. 11.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) allow again (d) not allow
  12. 12.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey before
  14. 14.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  15. 15.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
  16. 16.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
  17. 17.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check again (d) check wrongly
  18. 18.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  19. 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  20. 20.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  21. 21.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  22. 22.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  23. 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
  24. 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) misusual
  25. 25.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) recook (d) discook
  26. 26.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) misopen
  28. 28.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  29. 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  30. 30.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  31. 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  32. 32.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  33. 33.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  34. 34.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) rekind
  36. 36.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  37. 37.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  38. 38.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand
  39. 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) not build

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. disrespect
  3. untidy
  4. dishonest
  5. re-
  6. read wrongly
  7. judge wrongly
  8. mis-
  9. pre-
  10. open again
  11. not allow
  12. repaint
  13. not obey
  14. use wrongly
  15. unlucky
  16. disagree
  17. check again
  18. view before
  19. uncommon
  20. unsafe
  21. mislead
  22. heat again
  23. not fair
  24. unusual
  25. precook
  26. cook before
  27. reopen
  28. disallow
  29. not tidy
  30. rewrite
  31. not continue
  32. not clear
  33. join again
  34. write again
  35. unkind
  36. not common
  37. preheat
  38. understand wrongly
  39. tell again
  40. build again

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