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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 168 · 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 “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) cook again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
  4. 4.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  5. 5.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join before (d) join wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) resafe
  7. 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  8. 8.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) misvisit
  9. 9.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) miskind
  11. 11.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) mispay
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill before
  14. 14.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  15. 15.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  16. 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) not safe
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  18. 18.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  20. 20.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
  22. 22.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  23. 23.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) uncount (d) miscount
  24. 24.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  25. 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  26. 26.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
  27. 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) miscommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  29. 29.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  30. 30.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  31. 31.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  32. 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  33. 33.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  34. 34.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  35. 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  36. 36.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
  37. 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
  38. 38.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
  39. 39.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  40. 40.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) unplace

Answer key

  1. cook before
  2. dis-
  3. not usual
  4. use wrongly
  5. join again
  6. unsafe
  7. not lucky
  8. revisit
  9. count wrongly
  10. unkind
  11. prepay
  12. re-
  13. fill again
  14. unwell
  15. check again
  16. not safe
  17. mis-
  18. judge wrongly
  19. un-
  20. lead wrongly
  21. reheat
  22. visit again
  23. miscount
  24. recheck
  25. heat again
  26. not fair
  27. uncommon
  28. hear wrongly
  29. read wrongly
  30. place wrongly
  31. not common
  32. not kind
  33. not clear
  34. disrespect
  35. misjudge
  36. spell wrongly
  37. retell
  38. tell again
  39. view before
  40. misplace

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