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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 188 · 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 “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  4. 4.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  8. 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  9. 9.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  10. 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  11. 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  12. 12.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand again
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  14. 14.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
  15. 15.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  17. 17.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  18. 18.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) diskind
  19. 19.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  20. 20.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) disview (d) preview
  21. 21.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
  22. 22.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  23. 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  26. 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) untell (d) pretell
  27. 27.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  28. 28.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) not open (d) open before
  30. 30.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) display (c) preplay (d) misplay
  32. 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) unfill (c) disfill (d) prefill
  33. 33.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
  34. 34.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  35. 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  37. 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  38. 38.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  39. 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
  40. 40.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair

Answer key

  1. spell wrongly
  2. un-
  3. tell again
  4. misspell
  5. mis-
  6. re-
  7. behave wrongly
  8. heat again
  9. use again
  10. check again
  11. uncommon
  12. understand wrongly
  13. not obey
  14. join again
  15. view before
  16. pre-
  17. unhappy
  18. unkind
  19. judge wrongly
  20. preview
  21. fill again
  22. not equal
  23. read wrongly
  24. not happy
  25. dis-
  26. retell
  27. preheat
  28. not loyal
  29. open again
  30. not usual
  31. replay
  32. refill
  33. not clear
  34. disloyal
  35. lead wrongly
  36. reheat
  37. unlucky
  38. not lucky
  39. not common
  40. not fair

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