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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 416 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
  3. 3.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  4. 4.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) misfill
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  7. 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
  8. 8.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) recount
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  10. 10.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) diskind
  11. 11.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) misjoin
  14. 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  15. 15.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  17. 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
  19. 19.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear again
  20. 20.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  21. 21.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  22. 22.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
  23. 23.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  24. 24.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  25. 25.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
  26. 26.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  27. 27.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) unplace
  28. 28.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) rehonest
  30. 30.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  31. 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  33. 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  34. 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  35. 35.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  36. 36.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
  37. 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) prebuild (d) misbuild
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  39. 39.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  40. 40.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) preopen

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. not agree
  3. heat again
  4. refill
  5. re-
  6. recheck
  7. uncommon
  8. miscount
  9. pre-
  10. unkind
  11. not continue
  12. un-
  13. rejoin
  14. repaint
  15. not clear
  16. not equal
  17. place wrongly
  18. disloyal
  19. hear wrongly
  20. not loyal
  21. use again
  22. unhappy
  23. unlucky
  24. not respect
  25. not honest
  26. read wrongly
  27. misplace
  28. not kind
  29. dishonest
  30. misunderstand
  31. not obey
  32. not lucky
  33. prejudge
  34. spell wrongly
  35. dis-
  36. visit again
  37. rebuild
  38. untidy
  39. not tidy
  40. reopen

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