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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 442 · 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) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  3. 3.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  4. 4.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) not lead
  8. 8.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  11. 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  12. 12.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) display (d) preplay
  14. 14.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
  15. 15.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join before (d) join again
  16. 16.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  17. 17.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
  18. 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) prewell (c) diswell (d) unwell
  20. 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
  22. 22.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview
  23. 23.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  24. 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  25. 25.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  26. 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  27. 27.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  28. 28.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  29. 29.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) disread (d) misread
  30. 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear again
  31. 31.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
  32. 32.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  34. 34.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
  35. 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) retell
  36. 36.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  37. 37.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
  38. 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) prepay
  39. 39.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) uncook (d) precook
  40. 40.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) dishear

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. understand wrongly
  3. open again
  4. paint again
  5. pre-
  6. dis-
  7. lead wrongly
  8. misbehave
  9. un-
  10. not happy
  11. not equal
  12. build again
  13. replay
  14. not obey
  15. join again
  16. preheat
  17. hear wrongly
  18. not honest
  19. unwell
  20. spell wrongly
  21. recheck
  22. preview
  23. judge wrongly
  24. visit again
  25. re-
  26. unkind
  27. disallow
  28. miscount
  29. misread
  30. not clear
  31. play again
  32. not continue
  33. misuse
  34. unlucky
  35. retell
  36. not common
  37. not fair
  38. prepay
  39. precook
  40. mishear

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