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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 886 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  5. 5.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  6. 6.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  7. 7.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  11. 11.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  12. 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) refair
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
  16. 16.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  17. 17.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  18. 18.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  19. 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) retell
  20. 20.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  23. 23.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  24. 24.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
  25. 25.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  26. 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  27. 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) replay (d) preplay
  29. 29.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) reread (c) disread (d) misread
  30. 30.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) missafe
  31. 31.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) preview (d) review
  32. 32.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  33. 33.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  34. 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) unagree
  35. 35.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  36. 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  37. 37.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  38. 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) miswell
  39. 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  40. 40.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) mischeck (c) discheck (d) recheck

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. understand wrongly
  3. re-
  4. cook before
  5. not continue
  6. misuse
  7. read wrongly
  8. pre-
  9. judge before
  10. reuse
  11. paint again
  12. unfair
  13. dis-
  14. not common
  15. unhappy
  16. view before
  17. not clear
  18. unequal
  19. retell
  20. use again
  21. mislead
  22. un-
  23. check again
  24. untidy
  25. not loyal
  26. disobey
  27. heat again
  28. replay
  29. misread
  30. unsafe
  31. preview
  32. misspell
  33. not tidy
  34. disagree
  35. reheat
  36. misjudge
  37. disallow
  38. unwell
  39. unusual
  40. recheck

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