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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 965 · 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 “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  5. 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) prefair (c) refair (d) unfair
  6. 6.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) misusual
  9. 9.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
  10. 10.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) preagree
  11. 11.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  13. 13.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
  17. 17.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  18. 18.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  20. 20.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  21. 21.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  22. 22.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  23. 23.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
  24. 24.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
  25. 25.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) mischeck (d) uncheck
  26. 26.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) miscount (c) uncount (d) precount
  27. 27.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  28. 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  29. 29.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  30. 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
  31. 31.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  32. 32.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  33. 33.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey before
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  35. 35.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) not open
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) unlead
  38. 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
  40. 40.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) unvisit

Answer key

  1. not common
  2. un-
  3. mis-
  4. mishear
  5. unfair
  6. untidy
  7. re-
  8. unusual
  9. tell again
  10. disagree
  11. pay before
  12. dis-
  13. not equal
  14. pre-
  15. behave wrongly
  16. discontinue
  17. heat again
  18. count wrongly
  19. reuse
  20. place wrongly
  21. fill again
  22. disallow
  23. unlucky
  24. spell wrongly
  25. recheck
  26. miscount
  27. disloyal
  28. write again
  29. disobey
  30. cook before
  31. not safe
  32. not tidy
  33. not obey
  34. not lucky
  35. open again
  36. not happy
  37. mislead
  38. heat before
  39. misunderstand
  40. revisit

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