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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 455 · 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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) reunderstand
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
  7. 7.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
  8. 8.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  9. 9.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again
  10. 10.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  11. 11.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  12. 12.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  13. 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  17. 17.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  18. 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
  19. 19.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  20. 20.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  21. 21.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
  22. 22.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
  23. 23.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) rehonest (d) prehonest
  24. 24.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) prewell (c) diswell (d) unwell
  25. 25.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay again
  26. 26.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  27. 27.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  28. 28.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  29. 29.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  30. 30.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) reclear
  31. 31.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  32. 32.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  33. 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
  34. 34.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
  36. 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) respell
  37. 37.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  38. 38.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. misunderstand
  3. mis-
  4. not common
  5. re-
  6. unequal
  7. unusual
  8. use wrongly
  9. cook before
  10. visit again
  11. judge before
  12. judge wrongly
  13. unkind
  14. pre-
  15. check again
  16. dis-
  17. not continue
  18. read wrongly
  19. not lucky
  20. not tidy
  21. heat again
  22. not equal
  23. dishonest
  24. unwell
  25. pay before
  26. not safe
  27. not clear
  28. view before
  29. rewrite
  30. unclear
  31. not fair
  32. misjudge
  33. retell
  34. not respect
  35. recheck
  36. misspell
  37. spell wrongly
  38. not well
  39. unsafe
  40. rejoin

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