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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 136 · 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 “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  2. 2.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  6. 6.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) dislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  7. 7.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  8. 8.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) displace
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  11. 11.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
  12. 12.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  13. 13.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) misopen
  15. 15.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) prewell (d) diswell
  16. 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  17. 17.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  19. 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay before
  20. 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  21. 21.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) untell (d) retell
  22. 22.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  23. 23.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
  24. 24.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) disfill (c) unfill (d) misfill
  25. 25.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  26. 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
  27. 27.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
  28. 28.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
  29. 29.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  30. 30.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  33. 33.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  34. 34.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
  36. 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
  37. 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  38. 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  39. 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) discook (c) miscook (d) precook

Answer key

  1. judge before
  2. open again
  3. re-
  4. mis-
  5. repaint
  6. unlucky
  7. untidy
  8. misplace
  9. un-
  10. not loyal
  11. reuse
  12. place wrongly
  13. heat again
  14. reopen
  15. unwell
  16. unclear
  17. use wrongly
  18. disobey
  19. pay before
  20. not well
  21. retell
  22. unsafe
  23. uncommon
  24. refill
  25. misspell
  26. disrespect
  27. preheat
  28. fill again
  29. pre-
  30. not happy
  31. unkind
  32. dis-
  33. not clear
  34. hear wrongly
  35. not kind
  36. recheck
  37. not equal
  38. prejudge
  39. use again
  40. precook

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