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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 178 · 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 “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) reread (d) disread
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  7. 7.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  8. 8.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  9. 9.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  11. 11.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) mishappy (d) rehappy
  12. 12.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  13. 13.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
  14. 14.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  15. 15.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  16. 16.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) read before
  17. 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  18. 18.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) precommon
  19. 19.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  20. 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) misclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  21. 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) previsit
  22. 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) misjoin
  24. 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  25. 25.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  26. 26.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  27. 27.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  28. 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  29. 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
  30. 30.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) write before
  31. 31.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
  32. 32.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) mispay
  33. 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
  34. 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  35. 35.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
  36. 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) join before (d) not join
  37. 37.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  40. 40.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. dis-
  3. re-
  4. misread
  5. mis-
  6. not continue
  7. tell again
  8. count wrongly
  9. place wrongly
  10. dishonest
  11. unhappy
  12. misplace
  13. check again
  14. not obey
  15. not agree
  16. read wrongly
  17. cook before
  18. uncommon
  19. not respect
  20. unclear
  21. revisit
  22. pre-
  23. rejoin
  24. visit again
  25. heat before
  26. unfair
  27. reheat
  28. prejudge
  29. misunderstand
  30. write again
  31. judge wrongly
  32. prepay
  33. unsafe
  34. disobey
  35. repaint
  36. join again
  37. open again
  38. not happy
  39. disloyal
  40. judge before

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