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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 179 · 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) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) misplace
  3. 3.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  5. 5.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again
  6. 6.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  7. 7.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  8. 8.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  10. 10.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  11. 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
  12. 12.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) distell (d) untell
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) disfair (c) prefair (d) refair
  14. 14.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  17. 17.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) not write
  18. 18.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  19. 19.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
  20. 20.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
  21. 21.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) not count (d) count before
  22. 22.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) misvisit
  23. 23.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  26. 26.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy before
  27. 27.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  28. 28.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  29. 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  30. 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) recook
  31. 31.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  32. 32.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
  33. 33.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) uncount (c) discount (d) recount
  34. 34.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) prebuild (d) misbuild
  35. 35.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
  36. 36.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  37. 37.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  39. 39.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) miscommon
  40. 40.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. misplace
  3. check again
  4. mis-
  5. open again
  6. heat again
  7. unhappy
  8. disobey
  9. re-
  10. heat before
  11. not equal
  12. retell
  13. unfair
  14. reopen
  15. dis-
  16. un-
  17. write again
  18. visit again
  19. not agree
  20. not fair
  21. count wrongly
  22. revisit
  23. paint again
  24. misspell
  25. join again
  26. not happy
  27. not clear
  28. not continue
  29. judge wrongly
  30. precook
  31. judge before
  32. lead wrongly
  33. miscount
  34. rebuild
  35. not common
  36. reuse
  37. not loyal
  38. untidy
  39. uncommon
  40. not obey

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