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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 892 · 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 “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  2. 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) disallow
  5. 5.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  6. 6.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  11. 11.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  13. 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  14. 14.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) not fill
  15. 15.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  16. 16.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
  17. 17.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  18. 18.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  21. 21.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  22. 22.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  23. 23.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
  24. 24.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  25. 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  26. 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  27. 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) misread (d) disread
  29. 29.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  30. 30.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) unbuild
  31. 31.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  32. 32.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) prehonest (d) unhonest
  34. 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  35. 35.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  36. 36.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) prebehave
  37. 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  38. 38.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  39. 39.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
  40. 40.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect

Answer key

  1. heat before
  2. uncommon
  3. dis-
  4. disallow
  5. disrespect
  6. not loyal
  7. re-
  8. unusual
  9. pre-
  10. mis-
  11. open again
  12. untidy
  13. lead wrongly
  14. fill again
  15. use again
  16. unequal
  17. not kind
  18. not agree
  19. misjudge
  20. un-
  21. not continue
  22. not happy
  23. disobey
  24. reuse
  25. not lucky
  26. understand wrongly
  27. not allow
  28. misread
  29. recheck
  30. rebuild
  31. mislead
  32. not tidy
  33. dishonest
  34. unkind
  35. prejudge
  36. misbehave
  37. not honest
  38. count wrongly
  39. not obey
  40. not respect

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