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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 431 · 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 “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  2. 2.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
  3. 3.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) disopen
  4. 4.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  5. 5.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  7. 7.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  8. 8.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  9. 9.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  10. 10.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  11. 11.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) unread (d) misread
  14. 14.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  15. 15.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  16. 16.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  18. 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  19. 19.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) disbuild
  20. 20.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) prelucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  21. 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) disvisit
  22. 22.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  24. 24.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  25. 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  26. 26.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) discook
  27. 27.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  29. 29.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  30. 30.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  31. 31.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) place before
  32. 32.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  33. 33.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
  34. 34.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  35. 35.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  36. 36.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) diswell (d) miswell
  37. 37.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  38. 38.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  39. 39.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  40. 40.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) reallow

Answer key

  1. unhappy
  2. understand wrongly
  3. reopen
  4. not agree
  5. not common
  6. re-
  7. heat again
  8. rewrite
  9. not lucky
  10. not safe
  11. refill
  12. un-
  13. misread
  14. judge wrongly
  15. unclear
  16. uncommon
  17. mis-
  18. misbehave
  19. rebuild
  20. unlucky
  21. revisit
  22. lead wrongly
  23. recheck
  24. prepay
  25. play again
  26. precook
  27. not clear
  28. dis-
  29. not well
  30. pre-
  31. place wrongly
  32. unsafe
  33. not honest
  34. misjudge
  35. count wrongly
  36. unwell
  37. not continue
  38. judge before
  39. prejudge
  40. disallow

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