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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 204 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) play again (d) not play
  3. 3.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  4. 4.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  8. 8.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  9. 9.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  10. 10.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  11. 11.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
  12. 12.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
  13. 13.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  16. 16.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  19. 19.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  20. 20.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  21. 21.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) display (d) preplay
  22. 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) untell (d) distell
  23. 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  25. 25.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) refair
  26. 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  28. 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
  30. 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
  31. 31.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  32. 32.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
  33. 33.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) disread (d) reread
  34. 34.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
  35. 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) discount
  36. 36.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  37. 37.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) rehear (c) prehear (d) mishear
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  39. 39.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) disvisit
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. play again
  3. dishonest
  4. unclear
  5. pre-
  6. un-
  7. uncommon
  8. rewrite
  9. not common
  10. misuse
  11. fill again
  12. hear wrongly
  13. not usual
  14. misbehave
  15. re-
  16. not well
  17. dis-
  18. unkind
  19. view before
  20. not agree
  21. replay
  22. retell
  23. heat before
  24. not happy
  25. unfair
  26. use wrongly
  27. unequal
  28. not lucky
  29. open again
  30. visit again
  31. not equal
  32. not continue
  33. misread
  34. unhappy
  35. miscount
  36. judge before
  37. mishear
  38. untidy
  39. revisit
  40. judge wrongly

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