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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 454 · 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) mis- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
  3. 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) rewell (c) miswell (d) unwell
  4. 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  5. 5.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  6. 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  7. 7.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  9. 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
  10. 10.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
  11. 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
  12. 12.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) untell
  13. 13.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
  14. 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) unpaint (d) prepaint
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  16. 16.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  17. 17.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  18. 18.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) misloyal
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  21. 21.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  22. 22.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind again
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  24. 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  25. 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  26. 26.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  27. 27.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) dispay (c) prepay (d) repay
  28. 28.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  29. 29.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  30. 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) respell (c) disspell (d) prespell
  32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  33. 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
  35. 35.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  37. 37.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) prehappy
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  39. 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) replay (d) preplay
  40. 40.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. count wrongly
  3. unwell
  4. rewrite
  5. use wrongly
  6. unequal
  7. judge wrongly
  8. pre-
  9. not honest
  10. build again
  11. uncommon
  12. retell
  13. play again
  14. repaint
  15. un-
  16. misjudge
  17. tell again
  18. place wrongly
  19. disloyal
  20. re-
  21. not tidy
  22. not kind
  23. rejoin
  24. unusual
  25. untidy
  26. unfair
  27. prepay
  28. not obey
  29. not common
  30. spell wrongly
  31. misspell
  32. dis-
  33. not lucky
  34. discontinue
  35. not loyal
  36. mislead
  37. unhappy
  38. not usual
  39. replay
  40. write again

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