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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 979 · 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) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
  3. 3.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  4. 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) prehonest
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  8. 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) usual again
  9. 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) preplace
  10. 10.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  11. 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
  12. 12.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  14. 14.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view again (d) view wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  16. 16.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  17. 17.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair before
  18. 18.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  19. 19.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  22. 22.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect again
  23. 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  24. 24.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
  26. 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  27. 27.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  28. 28.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  29. 29.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) disvisit (c) previsit (d) unvisit
  30. 30.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
  31. 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  32. 32.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  33. 33.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
  34. 34.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
  35. 35.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  36. 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) distell
  37. 37.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  38. 38.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  39. 39.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) not continue
  40. 40.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) reclear

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. not happy
  3. refill
  4. dishonest
  5. un-
  6. pre-
  7. preheat
  8. not usual
  9. misplace
  10. not common
  11. uncommon
  12. misuse
  13. re-
  14. view before
  15. disobey
  16. unhappy
  17. not fair
  18. reuse
  19. place wrongly
  20. rejoin
  21. mis-
  22. not respect
  23. read wrongly
  24. recheck
  25. not agree
  26. not equal
  27. judge wrongly
  28. disallow
  29. revisit
  30. open again
  31. heat before
  32. tell again
  33. not loyal
  34. rebuild
  35. spell wrongly
  36. retell
  37. count wrongly
  38. not honest
  39. not continue
  40. unclear

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