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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 268 · 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) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  6. 6.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place again
  7. 7.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  8. 8.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
  9. 9.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
  10. 10.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
  11. 11.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) misread (c) unread (d) preread
  12. 12.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  13. 13.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  14. 14.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) preloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal
  15. 15.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  17. 17.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  18. 18.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
  19. 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  20. 20.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
  21. 21.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) not count
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  23. 23.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) misallow
  24. 24.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  25. 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  26. 26.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
  27. 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
  28. 28.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  29. 29.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) discount
  31. 31.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  33. 33.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) reequal
  34. 34.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
  35. 35.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
  36. 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  37. 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  38. 38.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
  40. 40.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) refair

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. pre-
  3. re-
  4. mis-
  5. untidy
  6. place wrongly
  7. lead wrongly
  8. fill again
  9. unhappy
  10. not safe
  11. misread
  12. unkind
  13. hear wrongly
  14. disloyal
  15. understand wrongly
  16. dis-
  17. misjudge
  18. rebuild
  19. unusual
  20. open again
  21. count wrongly
  22. unclear
  23. disallow
  24. not kind
  25. heat again
  26. write again
  27. rejoin
  28. read wrongly
  29. not honest
  30. miscount
  31. check again
  32. discontinue
  33. unequal
  34. not clear
  35. prejudge
  36. uncommon
  37. disrespect
  38. not respect
  39. judge wrongly
  40. unfair

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