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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 372 · 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 “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  2. 2.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
  3. 3.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear again
  4. 4.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
  7. 7.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  11. 11.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
  12. 12.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) prehear (d) mishear
  13. 13.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) preallow
  14. 14.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  17. 17.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  18. 18.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  19. 19.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  21. 21.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  22. 22.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  23. 23.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  24. 24.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  25. 25.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  26. 26.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  27. 27.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build
  28. 28.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  29. 29.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) disvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
  30. 30.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) misview (d) preview
  31. 31.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  33. 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) miswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  34. 34.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  35. 35.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) not respect
  36. 36.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) not visit
  37. 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
  38. 38.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) unpay
  40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand

Answer key

  1. tell again
  2. preheat
  3. not clear
  4. view before
  5. re-
  6. disrespect
  7. misjudge
  8. pre-
  9. fill again
  10. unlucky
  11. not usual
  12. mishear
  13. disallow
  14. misspell
  15. dis-
  16. mis-
  17. repaint
  18. dishonest
  19. disobey
  20. un-
  21. behave wrongly
  22. not honest
  23. cook before
  24. use again
  25. not common
  26. judge before
  27. build again
  28. uncommon
  29. revisit
  30. preview
  31. not equal
  32. not obey
  33. unwell
  34. read wrongly
  35. not respect
  36. visit again
  37. not kind
  38. not lucky
  39. prepay
  40. understand wrongly

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