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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 996 · 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 “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  2. 2.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) not check
  5. 5.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  6. 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) fair again
  7. 7.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
  10. 10.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  13. 13.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  14. 14.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) disloyal
  15. 15.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) uncount (d) miscount
  16. 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  17. 17.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
  18. 18.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
  19. 19.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) not play (d) play before
  20. 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  21. 21.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) prehear
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) disread (c) preread (d) unread
  23. 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  24. 24.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  25. 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  26. 26.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) miscontinue
  27. 27.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) prehappy (d) unhappy
  29. 29.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  30. 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
  31. 31.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
  32. 32.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  33. 33.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  34. 34.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  35. 35.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit again
  36. 36.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  37. 37.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect before
  38. 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  39. 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
  40. 40.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) misallow (d) preallow

Answer key

  1. not allow
  2. lead wrongly
  3. pre-
  4. check again
  5. cook before
  6. not fair
  7. misuse
  8. re-
  9. unclear
  10. unequal
  11. dis-
  12. not tidy
  13. reheat
  14. disloyal
  15. miscount
  16. not safe
  17. paint again
  18. use wrongly
  19. play again
  20. mis-
  21. mishear
  22. misread
  23. read wrongly
  24. not loyal
  25. view before
  26. discontinue
  27. judge wrongly
  28. unhappy
  29. not well
  30. disobey
  31. rejoin
  32. hear wrongly
  33. not agree
  34. not obey
  35. visit again
  36. misunderstand
  37. not respect
  38. heat again
  39. reopen
  40. disallow

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