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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 358 · 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 “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  4. 4.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) misview (c) preview (d) review
  5. 5.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  6. 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  7. 7.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
  8. 8.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  9. 9.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  10. 10.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  11. 11.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  12. 12.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  14. 14.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  17. 17.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) discount (d) miscount
  18. 18.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) preallow (d) misallow
  19. 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) discook (d) precook
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  21. 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  22. 22.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read before
  23. 23.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  24. 24.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  25. 25.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill before
  26. 26.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) refair
  27. 27.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
  28. 28.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) refill (d) misfill
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  30. 30.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
  31. 31.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) prehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  34. 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) discontinue
  35. 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) play again (d) not play
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  37. 37.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  38. 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  40. 40.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair

Answer key

  1. not equal
  2. pre-
  3. dis-
  4. preview
  5. unusual
  6. unequal
  7. rewrite
  8. not tidy
  9. join again
  10. mishear
  11. count wrongly
  12. heat before
  13. un-
  14. uncommon
  15. judge before
  16. mis-
  17. miscount
  18. disallow
  19. precook
  20. re-
  21. not well
  22. read wrongly
  23. misunderstand
  24. use again
  25. fill again
  26. unfair
  27. reopen
  28. refill
  29. open again
  30. tell again
  31. untidy
  32. not obey
  33. dishonest
  34. discontinue
  35. play again
  36. not happy
  37. pay before
  38. behave wrongly
  39. misbehave
  40. not fair

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