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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 971 · 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 “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  2. 2.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  5. 5.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  6. 6.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  9. 9.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  12. 12.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
  13. 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  14. 14.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) preloyal (c) misloyal (d) reloyal
  15. 15.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  17. 17.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  19. 19.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) display (c) misplay (d) unplay
  20. 20.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  21. 21.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) not play
  22. 22.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) not kind
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  24. 24.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  26. 26.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) disvisit
  27. 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear again
  29. 29.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) prewrite
  30. 30.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) mishonest
  31. 31.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) unread (d) disread
  32. 32.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  33. 33.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  34. 34.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) disfill (d) refill
  35. 35.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) rehear
  36. 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  37. 37.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  38. 38.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) reunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
  39. 39.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  40. 40.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) unheat

Answer key

  1. lead wrongly
  2. not equal
  3. pre-
  4. paint again
  5. unclear
  6. not honest
  7. re-
  8. unwell
  9. misbehave
  10. un-
  11. untidy
  12. not allow
  13. unsafe
  14. disloyal
  15. reopen
  16. mis-
  17. preheat
  18. check again
  19. replay
  20. not loyal
  21. play again
  22. not kind
  23. dis-
  24. pay before
  25. misjudge
  26. revisit
  27. not common
  28. hear wrongly
  29. rewrite
  30. dishonest
  31. misread
  32. unusual
  33. use wrongly
  34. refill
  35. mishear
  36. repaint
  37. prejudge
  38. misunderstand
  39. count wrongly
  40. reheat

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