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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 39 · 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) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
  2. 2.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  3. 3.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
  4. 4.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  5. 5.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  7. 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  10. 10.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) write before
  11. 11.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  12. 12.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
  13. 13.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
  14. 14.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  16. 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  17. 17.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  18. 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  19. 19.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  21. 21.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
  22. 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  23. 23.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  24. 24.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
  26. 26.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
  27. 27.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  28. 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  29. 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  30. 30.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) pretell (d) mistell
  31. 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  33. 33.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  34. 34.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) preread (d) unread
  35. 35.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) miscontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
  36. 36.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  37. 37.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  38. 38.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view again
  39. 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  40. 40.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind

Answer key

  1. not equal
  2. unclear
  3. hear wrongly
  4. use wrongly
  5. not fair
  6. uncommon
  7. judge before
  8. mis-
  9. rejoin
  10. write again
  11. heat again
  12. rebuild
  13. pay before
  14. unusual
  15. un-
  16. re-
  17. prejudge
  18. misbehave
  19. use again
  20. pre-
  21. unequal
  22. not safe
  23. behave wrongly
  24. tell again
  25. join again
  26. paint again
  27. repaint
  28. rewrite
  29. misspell
  30. retell
  31. not continue
  32. disagree
  33. preheat
  34. misread
  35. discontinue
  36. play again
  37. dis-
  38. view before
  39. spell wrongly
  40. not kind

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