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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 933 · 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 word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) reread (c) misread (d) disread
  2. 2.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  5. 5.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  6. 6.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) not count (d) count before
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) preopen (c) reopen (d) unopen
  10. 10.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  11. 11.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) recount (d) miscount
  14. 14.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  15. 15.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  16. 16.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  17. 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) mishonest
  18. 18.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) miswell (d) unwell
  19. 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) disfill (c) refill (d) unfill
  20. 20.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) untell
  21. 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) preagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
  22. 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  23. 23.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  25. 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
  26. 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  27. 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  28. 28.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  29. 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build before
  30. 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
  31. 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
  34. 34.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  35. 35.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  36. 36.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  38. 38.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  40. 40.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue

Answer key

  1. misread
  2. untidy
  3. pre-
  4. misuse
  5. repaint
  6. count wrongly
  7. mis-
  8. re-
  9. reopen
  10. disloyal
  11. not honest
  12. dis-
  13. miscount
  14. recheck
  15. heat before
  16. reheat
  17. dishonest
  18. unwell
  19. refill
  20. retell
  21. disagree
  22. write again
  23. disobey
  24. unhappy
  25. paint again
  26. unequal
  27. heat again
  28. judge before
  29. build again
  30. visit again
  31. un-
  32. not lucky
  33. misunderstand
  34. not happy
  35. not respect
  36. use wrongly
  37. unsafe
  38. play again
  39. disallow
  40. discontinue

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