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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 16 · 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) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  4. 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) unhonest
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
  7. 7.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) write before (d) not write
  10. 10.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  11. 11.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
  12. 12.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) recook (d) discook
  13. 13.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
  16. 16.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
  17. 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  18. 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
  19. 19.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) unrespect
  20. 20.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) misopen
  21. 21.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
  22. 22.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  23. 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  24. 24.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  25. 25.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  26. 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) not view (d) view wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  28. 28.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) precheck (d) uncheck
  29. 29.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue before
  30. 30.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) not tell
  31. 31.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) misview (d) preview
  33. 33.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  34. 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  35. 35.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) preagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
  36. 36.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  37. 37.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread
  38. 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  39. 39.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  40. 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. dis-
  3. not common
  4. dishonest
  5. un-
  6. unusual
  7. hear wrongly
  8. re-
  9. write again
  10. misjudge
  11. visit again
  12. precook
  13. count wrongly
  14. mis-
  15. spell wrongly
  16. uncommon
  17. judge before
  18. disloyal
  19. disrespect
  20. reopen
  21. disobey
  22. not fair
  23. heat before
  24. untidy
  25. judge wrongly
  26. view before
  27. rejoin
  28. recheck
  29. not continue
  30. tell again
  31. not safe
  32. preview
  33. not obey
  34. not tidy
  35. disagree
  36. play again
  37. misread
  38. misuse
  39. understand wrongly
  40. paint again

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