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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 362 · 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 “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
  2. 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
  3. 3.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  4. 4.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  5. 5.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) preopen
  6. 6.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  7. 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  8. 8.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
  9. 9.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree before
  10. 10.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) untell (d) retell
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  16. 16.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  17. 17.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  18. 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  20. 20.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again
  21. 21.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  22. 22.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  23. 23.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  25. 25.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  26. 26.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
  27. 27.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
  28. 28.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
  29. 29.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  30. 30.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  31. 31.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  32. 32.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  33. 33.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  34. 34.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) misequal
  35. 35.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
  36. 36.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
  37. 37.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) not check (d) check before
  38. 38.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  39. 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
  40. 40.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-

Answer key

  1. paint again
  2. not usual
  3. count wrongly
  4. not equal
  5. reopen
  6. reheat
  7. not happy
  8. not fair
  9. not agree
  10. retell
  11. un-
  12. dis-
  13. not well
  14. pre-
  15. heat before
  16. view before
  17. not obey
  18. not lucky
  19. re-
  20. open again
  21. discontinue
  22. dishonest
  23. not honest
  24. prejudge
  25. unusual
  26. build again
  27. unkind
  28. understand wrongly
  29. join again
  30. judge wrongly
  31. misuse
  32. spell wrongly
  33. not tidy
  34. unequal
  35. unlucky
  36. read wrongly
  37. check again
  38. misplace
  39. tell again
  40. mis-

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