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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 978 · 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 “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  5. 5.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) retell (d) untell
  8. 8.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  9. 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
  10. 10.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  11. 11.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
  14. 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
  15. 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  17. 17.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  18. 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  19. 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
  20. 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
  21. 21.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) preplace
  22. 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  23. 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  24. 24.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
  25. 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) view again
  26. 26.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  27. 27.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
  28. 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) common before
  29. 29.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) disview (c) misview (d) unview
  30. 30.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) disbuild
  31. 31.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit before
  32. 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) recook (d) uncook
  33. 33.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  34. 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  35. 35.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
  36. 36.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
  37. 37.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  38. 38.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  39. 39.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
  40. 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear again

Answer key

  1. discontinue
  2. pre-
  3. re-
  4. uncommon
  5. fill again
  6. un-
  7. retell
  8. place wrongly
  9. disrespect
  10. mishear
  11. misjudge
  12. dis-
  13. unsafe
  14. tell again
  15. recheck
  16. mis-
  17. disobey
  18. not honest
  19. read wrongly
  20. not happy
  21. misplace
  22. not lucky
  23. use wrongly
  24. write again
  25. view before
  26. misuse
  27. play again
  28. not common
  29. preview
  30. rebuild
  31. visit again
  32. precook
  33. untidy
  34. behave wrongly
  35. not safe
  36. misunderstand
  37. not loyal
  38. build again
  39. not obey
  40. not clear

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