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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 365 · 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 “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  2. 2.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) not common (d) common before
  3. 3.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
  4. 4.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
  5. 5.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  6. 6.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey before
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  11. 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again
  12. 12.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  13. 13.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) not write
  14. 14.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  15. 15.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect before
  16. 16.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  17. 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  18. 18.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  20. 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  21. 21.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  22. 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) untell (d) retell
  23. 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  24. 24.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  26. 26.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  27. 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  28. 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  29. 29.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
  30. 30.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  31. 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  32. 32.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit
  33. 33.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  34. 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  35. 35.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) disjoin
  36. 36.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  37. 37.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  38. 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) dispay
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  40. 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) not read

Answer key

  1. heat again
  2. not common
  3. not continue
  4. disagree
  5. play again
  6. not happy
  7. un-
  8. not obey
  9. dis-
  10. untidy
  11. place wrongly
  12. not well
  13. write again
  14. paint again
  15. not respect
  16. unkind
  17. pre-
  18. hear wrongly
  19. unfair
  20. unclear
  21. judge before
  22. retell
  23. mis-
  24. re-
  25. not kind
  26. not honest
  27. uncommon
  28. reopen
  29. replay
  30. unusual
  31. disrespect
  32. revisit
  33. recheck
  34. not tidy
  35. rejoin
  36. misbehave
  37. visit again
  38. prepay
  39. heat before
  40. read wrongly

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