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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 288 · 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) recheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  6. 6.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  8. 8.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
  9. 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
  10. 10.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) prefair (c) refair (d) unfair
  11. 11.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  12. 12.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  14. 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) untell (d) pretell
  15. 15.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  16. 16.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  17. 17.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
  19. 19.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) preallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  20. 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  21. 21.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  22. 22.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) prehear (d) rehear
  23. 23.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  24. 24.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) misview (c) preview (d) unview
  25. 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  26. 26.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write before (d) write again
  27. 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  28. 28.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  29. 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) disfill (c) unfill (d) misfill
  30. 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) precook
  31. 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
  32. 32.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
  33. 33.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) mispaint (d) dispaint
  34. 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
  35. 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  36. 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  37. 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  38. 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  39. 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  40. 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) miskind

Answer key

  1. recheck
  2. re-
  3. un-
  4. pre-
  5. dis-
  6. not kind
  7. unusual
  8. disobey
  9. unclear
  10. unfair
  11. reopen
  12. not common
  13. untidy
  14. retell
  15. misbehave
  16. not continue
  17. heat again
  18. check again
  19. disallow
  20. misjudge
  21. uncommon
  22. mishear
  23. build again
  24. preview
  25. hear wrongly
  26. write again
  27. judge before
  28. mis-
  29. refill
  30. precook
  31. not respect
  32. not allow
  33. repaint
  34. discontinue
  35. not clear
  36. fill again
  37. misuse
  38. reuse
  39. spell wrongly
  40. unkind

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