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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 437 · 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 “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) unpaint (d) mispaint
  2. 2.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) preplace (d) misplace
  5. 5.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread
  6. 6.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) recook
  7. 7.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  8. 8.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  9. 9.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  12. 12.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  13. 13.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) reequal
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  16. 16.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  17. 17.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) relead (d) mislead
  18. 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  19. 19.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  20. 20.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  21. 21.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  22. 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
  23. 23.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  24. 24.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  25. 25.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
  26. 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) unjoin
  28. 28.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
  29. 29.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  30. 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  31. 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
  32. 32.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) unplay (d) display
  33. 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
  34. 34.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  35. 35.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
  36. 36.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
  37. 37.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  38. 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  39. 39.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  40. 40.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) distell (d) untell

Answer key

  1. repaint
  2. unclear
  3. re-
  4. misplace
  5. misread
  6. precook
  7. place wrongly
  8. not kind
  9. paint again
  10. mis-
  11. unfair
  12. prejudge
  13. unequal
  14. un-
  15. dis-
  16. heat again
  17. mislead
  18. not honest
  19. misunderstand
  20. build again
  21. join again
  22. write again
  23. fill again
  24. use again
  25. not fair
  26. use wrongly
  27. rejoin
  28. cook before
  29. disobey
  30. reheat
  31. tell again
  32. replay
  33. revisit
  34. pre-
  35. uncommon
  36. not equal
  37. pay before
  38. heat before
  39. preheat
  40. retell

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