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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 389 · 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 “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  2. 2.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) prewell
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) relucky
  5. 5.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  6. 6.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
  7. 7.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
  8. 8.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  9. 9.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
  10. 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  11. 11.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  12. 12.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
  14. 14.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) misfill
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  17. 17.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  19. 19.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  20. 20.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  21. 21.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) miscommon
  22. 22.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  23. 23.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
  24. 24.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  25. 25.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
  26. 26.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) misopen
  27. 27.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  28. 28.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
  29. 29.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  30. 30.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) miskind
  32. 32.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
  33. 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
  34. 34.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  35. 35.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) check again
  36. 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  37. 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  38. 38.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue again
  39. 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  40. 40.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before

Answer key

  1. judge before
  2. unwell
  3. re-
  4. unlucky
  5. cook before
  6. hear wrongly
  7. join again
  8. not clear
  9. disagree
  10. not fair
  11. paint again
  12. not equal
  13. repaint
  14. refill
  15. un-
  16. mis-
  17. understand wrongly
  18. dis-
  19. unfair
  20. misuse
  21. uncommon
  22. fill again
  23. misbehave
  24. misspell
  25. revisit
  26. reopen
  27. place wrongly
  28. visit again
  29. not common
  30. rewrite
  31. unkind
  32. rebuild
  33. unsafe
  34. pre-
  35. check again
  36. misjudge
  37. not kind
  38. not continue
  39. untidy
  40. use wrongly

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