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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 393 · 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.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  3. 3.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  4. 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  7. 7.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  8. 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
  9. 9.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  10. 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  11. 11.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
  12. 12.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
  15. 15.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) presafe
  16. 16.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  19. 19.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
  20. 20.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
  21. 21.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  22. 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  23. 23.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  24. 24.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
  25. 25.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  26. 26.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  27. 27.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  29. 29.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  30. 30.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  31. 31.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  32. 32.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) not cook
  33. 33.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  35. 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) mistell
  36. 36.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) repay
  37. 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  38. 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
  39. 39.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) reagree
  40. 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. pay before
  3. not happy
  4. discontinue
  5. pre-
  6. spell wrongly
  7. untidy
  8. play again
  9. recheck
  10. not fair
  11. misunderstand
  12. dishonest
  13. mis-
  14. heat before
  15. unsafe
  16. place wrongly
  17. rewrite
  18. re-
  19. count wrongly
  20. rebuild
  21. build again
  22. not tidy
  23. prejudge
  24. fill again
  25. visit again
  26. not clear
  27. not honest
  28. unlucky
  29. not equal
  30. unwell
  31. read wrongly
  32. cook before
  33. not continue
  34. dis-
  35. retell
  36. prepay
  37. unkind
  38. behave wrongly
  39. disagree
  40. paint again

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