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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 280 · 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 “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) refair
  6. 6.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  7. 7.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  8. 8.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
  9. 9.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  10. 10.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  14. 14.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  15. 15.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view again (d) view wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  18. 18.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) misread (c) unread (d) reread
  19. 19.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
  20. 20.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
  21. 21.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  22. 22.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) prepaint
  23. 23.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  24. 24.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) unplay (c) display (d) misplay
  25. 25.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
  26. 26.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write before (d) write again
  27. 27.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
  28. 28.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  29. 29.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  30. 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) misrespect
  32. 32.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  33. 33.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) rekind
  34. 34.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
  35. 35.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
  36. 36.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) disunderstand
  37. 37.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
  39. 39.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  40. 40.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky

Answer key

  1. untidy
  2. mis-
  3. spell wrongly
  4. un-
  5. unfair
  6. place wrongly
  7. judge wrongly
  8. understand wrongly
  9. not safe
  10. rewrite
  11. re-
  12. not honest
  13. pre-
  14. disagree
  15. view before
  16. rebuild
  17. dis-
  18. misread
  19. join again
  20. count wrongly
  21. not lucky
  22. repaint
  23. not loyal
  24. replay
  25. build again
  26. write again
  27. not usual
  28. cook before
  29. pay before
  30. not kind
  31. disrespect
  32. prejudge
  33. unkind
  34. use wrongly
  35. not agree
  36. misunderstand
  37. not clear
  38. unusual
  39. hear wrongly
  40. unlucky

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