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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 117 · 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 “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  2. 2.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  6. 6.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  7. 7.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) display (c) misplay (d) preplay
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  10. 10.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
  11. 11.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) precount (d) miscount
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  13. 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) prekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  14. 14.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  15. 15.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
  16. 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  17. 17.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  18. 18.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  19. 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  20. 20.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  22. 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  23. 23.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
  24. 24.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  25. 25.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  26. 26.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  27. 27.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) displace
  28. 28.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
  29. 29.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  30. 30.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  31. 31.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
  32. 32.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  33. 33.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  34. 34.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  35. 35.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
  36. 36.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  37. 37.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  38. 38.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) prelead
  39. 39.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) recook (d) uncook
  40. 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint

Answer key

  1. misunderstand
  2. unequal
  3. pre-
  4. not obey
  5. un-
  6. not happy
  7. replay
  8. re-
  9. dis-
  10. play again
  11. miscount
  12. untidy
  13. unkind
  14. unhappy
  15. not kind
  16. recheck
  17. reuse
  18. misuse
  19. unclear
  20. not usual
  21. unfair
  22. write again
  23. misbehave
  24. check again
  25. rebuild
  26. uncommon
  27. misplace
  28. tell again
  29. fill again
  30. pay before
  31. read wrongly
  32. mis-
  33. not tidy
  34. not continue
  35. not equal
  36. not respect
  37. use again
  38. mislead
  39. precook
  40. repaint

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