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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 230 · 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 “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  2. 2.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
  3. 3.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  5. 5.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  6. 6.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  8. 8.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  12. 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  13. 13.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
  14. 14.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
  15. 15.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  16. 16.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) previsit
  17. 17.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
  18. 18.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  20. 20.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  22. 22.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  23. 23.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  24. 24.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) unread (d) preread
  25. 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  27. 27.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) not continue
  28. 28.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  29. 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  30. 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  31. 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  32. 32.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  33. 33.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  34. 34.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  35. 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
  36. 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  37. 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
  38. 38.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  39. 39.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand

Answer key

  1. not kind
  2. play again
  3. recheck
  4. pre-
  5. not safe
  6. not well
  7. not common
  8. preheat
  9. re-
  10. heat before
  11. repaint
  12. unsafe
  13. fill again
  14. misplace
  15. visit again
  16. revisit
  17. uncommon
  18. not equal
  19. un-
  20. rewrite
  21. mis-
  22. reuse
  23. misspell
  24. misread
  25. not usual
  26. dis-
  27. not continue
  28. prepay
  29. not happy
  30. reheat
  31. tell again
  32. judge wrongly
  33. use again
  34. not loyal
  35. miscount
  36. unequal
  37. disrespect
  38. not agree
  39. lead wrongly
  40. understand wrongly

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