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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 317 · 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 “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  2. 2.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) reread (c) disread (d) misread
  7. 7.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
  8. 8.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) precommon
  9. 9.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) disequal
  10. 10.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) preagree
  11. 11.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) misview (c) preview (d) review
  12. 12.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect before
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  18. 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
  19. 19.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  20. 20.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
  21. 21.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
  22. 22.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  23. 23.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) refill (d) misfill
  24. 24.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
  25. 25.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  26. 26.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  27. 27.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  28. 28.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) prekind
  29. 29.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  31. 31.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
  32. 32.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  33. 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  34. 34.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
  35. 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  37. 37.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  38. 38.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  39. 39.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) misallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  40. 40.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) diswrite

Answer key

  1. not clear
  2. join again
  3. un-
  4. re-
  5. mis-
  6. misread
  7. lead wrongly
  8. uncommon
  9. unequal
  10. disagree
  11. preview
  12. not respect
  13. dis-
  14. heat before
  15. recheck
  16. pre-
  17. judge before
  18. tell again
  19. disrespect
  20. repaint
  21. misjudge
  22. mishear
  23. refill
  24. revisit
  25. not loyal
  26. not common
  27. preheat
  28. unkind
  29. cook before
  30. untidy
  31. paint again
  32. write again
  33. prejudge
  34. place wrongly
  35. misplace
  36. not happy
  37. not lucky
  38. not continue
  39. disallow
  40. rewrite

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