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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 272 · 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 word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) mischeck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  2. 2.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) mistell (d) retell
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) misspell
  6. 6.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  7. 7.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) repay
  10. 10.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) disread (c) reread (d) unread
  11. 11.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) recook
  12. 12.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) well before (d) not well
  13. 13.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
  14. 14.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  16. 16.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
  17. 17.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  18. 18.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair again
  19. 19.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  20. 20.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
  21. 21.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  22. 22.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  23. 23.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
  24. 24.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
  25. 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
  26. 26.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  27. 27.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  29. 29.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  30. 30.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
  31. 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) discount
  32. 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  33. 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
  34. 34.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
  35. 35.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  36. 36.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  37. 37.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
  38. 38.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) prelucky
  39. 39.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
  40. 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly

Answer key

  1. recheck
  2. retell
  3. re-
  4. dis-
  5. misspell
  6. unwell
  7. visit again
  8. mis-
  9. prepay
  10. misread
  11. precook
  12. not well
  13. not equal
  14. judge before
  15. un-
  16. rewrite
  17. prejudge
  18. not fair
  19. heat again
  20. not kind
  21. not obey
  22. uncommon
  23. fill again
  24. unclear
  25. not usual
  26. join again
  27. pay before
  28. misunderstand
  29. unequal
  30. not loyal
  31. miscount
  32. read wrongly
  33. unsafe
  34. use wrongly
  35. not honest
  36. not common
  37. unfair
  38. unlucky
  39. reuse
  40. not clear

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