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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 409 · 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 word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) mischeck (d) precheck
  2. 2.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  3. 3.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  4. 4.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
  5. 5.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  6. 6.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  7. 7.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  8. 8.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  9. 9.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) disspell
  10. 10.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) miswrite
  13. 13.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
  14. 14.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  15. 15.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  16. 16.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) prejoin
  17. 17.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) not view
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  20. 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  21. 21.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  22. 22.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) place before
  23. 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  24. 24.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  25. 25.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  26. 26.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) unplay (c) replay (d) misplay
  27. 27.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  28. 28.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) cook again
  29. 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  30. 30.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  31. 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well again
  32. 32.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread
  33. 33.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) not build (d) build before
  34. 34.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) preloyal
  35. 35.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
  36. 36.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) reallow (c) unallow (d) disallow
  37. 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
  38. 38.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) rekind
  40. 40.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common again

Answer key

  1. recheck
  2. check again
  3. read wrongly
  4. understand wrongly
  5. paint again
  6. visit again
  7. tell again
  8. reopen
  9. misspell
  10. lead wrongly
  11. mis-
  12. rewrite
  13. pay before
  14. not fair
  15. heat before
  16. rejoin
  17. view before
  18. pre-
  19. un-
  20. not lucky
  21. not respect
  22. place wrongly
  23. not agree
  24. re-
  25. not honest
  26. replay
  27. disrespect
  28. cook before
  29. miscount
  30. refill
  31. not well
  32. misread
  33. build again
  34. disloyal
  35. uncommon
  36. disallow
  37. unlucky
  38. preheat
  39. unkind
  40. not common

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