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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 401 · 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 “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) mislucky
  3. 3.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  4. 4.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  5. 5.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
  6. 6.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check again (d) check wrongly
  7. 7.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  11. 11.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  12. 12.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
  13. 13.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  14. 14.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) prewell
  15. 15.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) discook (c) precook (d) uncook
  17. 17.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) reunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  18. 18.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) prejoin
  19. 19.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  20. 20.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view again
  21. 21.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  23. 23.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) dispay
  24. 24.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) disclear
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  26. 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  27. 27.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) disfill
  28. 28.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  29. 29.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  30. 30.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  31. 31.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) untell (d) mistell
  32. 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
  33. 33.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) disfair
  35. 35.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
  36. 36.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  37. 37.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) precheck (d) mischeck
  38. 38.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  39. 39.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) disread (d) reread
  40. 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) unspell (d) misspell

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. unlucky
  3. unhappy
  4. preheat
  5. hear wrongly
  6. check again
  7. not usual
  8. pre-
  9. dis-
  10. paint again
  11. unsafe
  12. read wrongly
  13. not happy
  14. unwell
  15. not well
  16. precook
  17. misunderstand
  18. rejoin
  19. not honest
  20. view before
  21. not lucky
  22. discontinue
  23. prepay
  24. unclear
  25. join again
  26. visit again
  27. refill
  28. mis-
  29. not kind
  30. judge before
  31. retell
  32. untidy
  33. cook before
  34. unfair
  35. disobey
  36. not tidy
  37. recheck
  38. uncommon
  39. misread
  40. misspell

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