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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 957 · 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 “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  2. 2.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open again (d) open wrongly
  3. 3.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  5. 5.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
  6. 6.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  7. 7.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
  8. 8.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  10. 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  13. 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  14. 14.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  15. 15.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  17. 17.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) dispay
  18. 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  19. 19.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  20. 20.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  21. 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  22. 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  23. 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  24. 24.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  25. 25.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  26. 26.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  27. 27.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) disbuild
  28. 28.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  29. 29.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) review
  30. 30.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) misplay (c) unplay (d) replay
  31. 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well before
  32. 32.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
  33. 33.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  34. 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  35. 35.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) unhear
  37. 37.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  38. 38.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  39. 39.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
  40. 40.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) displace

Answer key

  1. view before
  2. open again
  3. not tidy
  4. dis-
  5. not respect
  6. unfair
  7. misunderstand
  8. cook before
  9. re-
  10. check again
  11. un-
  12. not continue
  13. not common
  14. not equal
  15. not usual
  16. reheat
  17. prepay
  18. not lucky
  19. count wrongly
  20. build again
  21. write again
  22. mis-
  23. pre-
  24. misbehave
  25. dishonest
  26. spell wrongly
  27. rebuild
  28. not kind
  29. preview
  30. replay
  31. not well
  32. rewrite
  33. heat again
  34. misuse
  35. judge wrongly
  36. mishear
  37. use again
  38. disobey
  39. unlucky
  40. misplace

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