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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 321 · 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) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  2. 2.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  5. 5.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  6. 6.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  7. 7.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
  11. 11.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell again
  12. 12.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  13. 13.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) misplace
  15. 15.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) not view (d) view wrongly
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
  18. 18.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) precook (d) miscook
  19. 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
  20. 20.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) missafe
  21. 21.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  22. 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  23. 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  24. 24.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) respect again
  25. 25.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
  26. 26.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  27. 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear again
  29. 29.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  30. 30.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
  31. 31.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell before
  32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) prefair
  33. 33.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  34. 34.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) not write
  35. 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
  36. 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  37. 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  38. 38.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  39. 39.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  40. 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. understand wrongly
  3. re-
  4. count wrongly
  5. build again
  6. repaint
  7. judge wrongly
  8. discontinue
  9. mis-
  10. not equal
  11. tell again
  12. heat before
  13. not clear
  14. misplace
  15. view before
  16. pre-
  17. fill again
  18. precook
  19. not usual
  20. unsafe
  21. disallow
  22. not lucky
  23. use wrongly
  24. not respect
  25. check again
  26. paint again
  27. unlucky
  28. hear wrongly
  29. read wrongly
  30. unhappy
  31. spell wrongly
  32. unfair
  33. judge before
  34. write again
  35. preheat
  36. open again
  37. rebuild
  38. misjudge
  39. place wrongly
  40. untidy

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