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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 324 · 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 “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal
  3. 3.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  7. 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  8. 8.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
  9. 9.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  10. 10.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  11. 11.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) preequal (d) misequal
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) prewell (d) rewell
  14. 14.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  15. 15.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
  16. 16.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) mispay
  17. 17.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) not join (d) join again
  18. 18.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
  19. 19.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
  20. 20.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  21. 21.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
  22. 22.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
  23. 23.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
  24. 24.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  25. 25.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  26. 26.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) not cook
  27. 27.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  29. 29.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  30. 30.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) misplay (c) unplay (d) replay
  32. 32.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) unagree
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  35. 35.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  36. 36.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) unjoin
  38. 38.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) disfill (c) unfill (d) refill
  39. 39.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
  40. 40.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) disvisit

Answer key

  1. not kind
  2. disloyal
  3. tell again
  4. pre-
  5. hear wrongly
  6. un-
  7. not lucky
  8. paint again
  9. prejudge
  10. read wrongly
  11. unequal
  12. re-
  13. unwell
  14. misjudge
  15. not continue
  16. prepay
  17. join again
  18. pay before
  19. discontinue
  20. misunderstand
  21. not loyal
  22. rebuild
  23. uncommon
  24. reuse
  25. not fair
  26. cook before
  27. understand wrongly
  28. untidy
  29. count wrongly
  30. heat again
  31. replay
  32. not happy
  33. disagree
  34. dis-
  35. build again
  36. not agree
  37. rejoin
  38. refill
  39. disobey
  40. revisit

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