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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 958 · 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) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) disfill
  3. 3.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  4. 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
  5. 5.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  6. 6.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  7. 7.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) pretell
  8. 8.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  9. 9.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) disusual
  10. 10.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  13. 13.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  16. 16.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  17. 17.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  18. 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  19. 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  20. 20.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
  21. 21.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) miscommon
  23. 23.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
  24. 24.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
  25. 25.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) displace
  26. 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  27. 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  30. 30.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  31. 31.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) reagree
  32. 32.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) preallow
  33. 33.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay before
  34. 34.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  35. 35.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) disvisit
  36. 36.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) repay
  37. 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  38. 38.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
  39. 39.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) replay

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. refill
  3. heat again
  4. rewrite
  5. judge wrongly
  6. unfair
  7. retell
  8. not honest
  9. unusual
  10. understand wrongly
  11. pre-
  12. misbehave
  13. not lucky
  14. un-
  15. re-
  16. unwell
  17. read wrongly
  18. not loyal
  19. not tidy
  20. build again
  21. cook before
  22. uncommon
  23. lead wrongly
  24. unclear
  25. misplace
  26. unequal
  27. not allow
  28. join again
  29. misunderstand
  30. not continue
  31. disagree
  32. disallow
  33. pay before
  34. prejudge
  35. revisit
  36. prepay
  37. unkind
  38. disloyal
  39. write again
  40. replay

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