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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 462 · 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) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  3. 3.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) precommon
  4. 4.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  7. 7.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  8. 8.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) prejoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  10. 10.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) relead
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  13. 13.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  14. 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) not common
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  16. 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
  17. 17.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) misplay (d) display
  18. 18.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
  19. 19.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
  20. 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  21. 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
  22. 22.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  23. 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
  24. 24.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  25. 25.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  27. 27.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  28. 28.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
  29. 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  30. 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  31. 31.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  32. 32.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) preclear
  33. 33.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) unrespect
  34. 34.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  35. 35.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
  36. 36.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
  37. 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) miscount (c) discount (d) uncount
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) unfill
  40. 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) discook

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. heat again
  3. uncommon
  4. not tidy
  5. re-
  6. misspell
  7. reheat
  8. rejoin
  9. dis-
  10. mislead
  11. pre-
  12. unkind
  13. fill again
  14. not common
  15. un-
  16. unlucky
  17. replay
  18. open again
  19. not kind
  20. heat before
  21. write again
  22. recheck
  23. tell again
  24. unfair
  25. dishonest
  26. place wrongly
  27. count wrongly
  28. not continue
  29. misjudge
  30. disobey
  31. join again
  32. unclear
  33. disrespect
  34. misunderstand
  35. unwell
  36. hear wrongly
  37. miscount
  38. not usual
  39. refill
  40. precook

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