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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 100 · 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 fair”? (a) prefair (b) misfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  2. 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  3. 3.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  4. 4.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) happy again
  5. 5.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  6. 6.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  10. 10.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) misread (c) reread (d) preread
  11. 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
  12. 12.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  13. 13.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
  14. 14.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  15. 15.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) recount
  16. 16.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  17. 17.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
  18. 18.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) unwell
  19. 19.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
  20. 20.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) discook
  21. 21.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
  22. 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  23. 23.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) preview (d) misview
  24. 24.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) unlead (d) relead
  25. 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  26. 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
  27. 27.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  29. 29.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) pretell
  30. 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
  31. 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  32. 32.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
  33. 33.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) misplace
  34. 34.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
  35. 35.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  36. 36.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  37. 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  38. 38.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
  40. 40.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild

Answer key

  1. unfair
  2. not kind
  3. misspell
  4. not happy
  5. open again
  6. dishonest
  7. mis-
  8. re-
  9. tell again
  10. misread
  11. place wrongly
  12. not safe
  13. prepay
  14. hear wrongly
  15. miscount
  16. not lucky
  17. prejudge
  18. unwell
  19. repaint
  20. precook
  21. not clear
  22. pre-
  23. preview
  24. mislead
  25. play again
  26. unequal
  27. disagree
  28. un-
  29. retell
  30. view before
  31. heat before
  32. not allow
  33. misplace
  34. not equal
  35. unsafe
  36. judge wrongly
  37. untidy
  38. not respect
  39. discontinue
  40. rebuild

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