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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 111 · 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 “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
  5. 5.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  6. 6.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  7. 7.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  8. 8.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
  9. 9.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  10. 10.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) not join (d) join again
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  12. 12.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  13. 13.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  14. 14.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) disread (d) unread
  16. 16.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) untell
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  19. 19.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  20. 20.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  21. 21.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  22. 22.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  23. 23.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear again
  24. 24.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  25. 25.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
  27. 27.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
  28. 28.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  29. 29.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  30. 30.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  31. 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) precount
  32. 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  33. 33.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
  34. 34.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) not allow
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  36. 36.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  37. 37.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  38. 38.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) unbuild
  39. 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  40. 40.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. untidy
  3. dis-
  4. uncommon
  5. misjudge
  6. not safe
  7. misunderstand
  8. not honest
  9. lead wrongly
  10. join again
  11. mis-
  12. not equal
  13. paint again
  14. judge wrongly
  15. misread
  16. not continue
  17. retell
  18. un-
  19. not obey
  20. not tidy
  21. unequal
  22. unfair
  23. not clear
  24. open again
  25. reheat
  26. place wrongly
  27. pay before
  28. heat before
  29. play again
  30. discontinue
  31. miscount
  32. not common
  33. not loyal
  34. not allow
  35. not kind
  36. view before
  37. spell wrongly
  38. rebuild
  39. tell again
  40. not fair

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