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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 118 · 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 tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  2. 2.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
  3. 3.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) dishear (c) prehear (d) mishear
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
  7. 7.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
  9. 9.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  10. 10.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  11. 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) agree before
  12. 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  13. 13.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
  14. 14.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
  15. 15.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  16. 16.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) reread (c) misread (d) unread
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  18. 18.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
  19. 19.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  20. 20.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) distell
  21. 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  22. 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  23. 23.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  24. 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  25. 25.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  26. 26.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  27. 27.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
  28. 28.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) disunderstand
  29. 29.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  30. 30.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  31. 31.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  32. 32.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  33. 33.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) place again (d) not place
  34. 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) reobey
  35. 35.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  36. 36.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  37. 37.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  38. 38.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  39. 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) display (d) replay
  40. 40.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect

Answer key

  1. untidy
  2. tell again
  3. mishear
  4. dis-
  5. re-
  6. revisit
  7. not continue
  8. rejoin
  9. understand wrongly
  10. heat again
  11. not agree
  12. unfair
  13. use wrongly
  14. unclear
  15. fill again
  16. misread
  17. mis-
  18. pay before
  19. misbehave
  20. retell
  21. misuse
  22. not tidy
  23. open again
  24. not lucky
  25. build again
  26. not clear
  27. rebuild
  28. misunderstand
  29. not common
  30. not well
  31. not kind
  32. pre-
  33. place wrongly
  34. disobey
  35. un-
  36. not equal
  37. visit again
  38. misjudge
  39. replay
  40. not respect

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