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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 429 · 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) mischeck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
  2. 2.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) respell (d) prespell
  3. 3.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
  7. 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  8. 8.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  9. 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  12. 12.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  13. 13.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  14. 14.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
  15. 15.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) not check
  16. 16.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  17. 17.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  19. 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) relead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  20. 20.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
  21. 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  22. 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  23. 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
  24. 24.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  25. 25.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  26. 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  27. 27.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
  28. 28.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  29. 29.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  30. 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
  31. 31.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  32. 32.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
  33. 33.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) unjoin
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  35. 35.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  36. 36.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  37. 37.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  38. 38.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  39. 39.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  40. 40.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before

Answer key

  1. recheck
  2. misspell
  3. misbehave
  4. re-
  5. un-
  6. unhappy
  7. uncommon
  8. cook before
  9. fill again
  10. pre-
  11. heat again
  12. play again
  13. hear wrongly
  14. misunderstand
  15. check again
  16. write again
  17. lead wrongly
  18. unusual
  19. mislead
  20. prejudge
  21. not common
  22. mis-
  23. disagree
  24. not agree
  25. pay before
  26. view before
  27. not honest
  28. heat before
  29. visit again
  30. not clear
  31. place wrongly
  32. rebuild
  33. rejoin
  34. dis-
  35. unlucky
  36. unclear
  37. dishonest
  38. use again
  39. judge before
  40. not allow

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