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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 466 · 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 “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) pretidy
  2. 2.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  3. 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) distell
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) not check
  9. 9.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
  10. 10.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  11. 11.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell before
  12. 12.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) not view
  13. 13.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  14. 14.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write again (d) write before
  15. 15.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  16. 16.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  17. 17.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  18. 18.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) reunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
  20. 20.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) disfair
  21. 21.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  23. 23.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill again
  24. 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  26. 26.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
  27. 27.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
  28. 28.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  29. 29.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  31. 31.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  32. 32.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  33. 33.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  34. 34.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
  35. 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) replace
  36. 36.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  37. 37.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  38. 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  39. 39.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  40. 40.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat

Answer key

  1. untidy
  2. dishonest
  3. retell
  4. pre-
  5. re-
  6. dis-
  7. mis-
  8. check again
  9. repaint
  10. disobey
  11. tell again
  12. view before
  13. not honest
  14. write again
  15. reheat
  16. unhappy
  17. not clear
  18. not allow
  19. misunderstand
  20. unfair
  21. lead wrongly
  22. uncommon
  23. fill again
  24. not tidy
  25. un-
  26. join again
  27. build again
  28. misjudge
  29. not fair
  30. not equal
  31. not agree
  32. judge wrongly
  33. spell wrongly
  34. understand wrongly
  35. misplace
  36. disallow
  37. not well
  38. heat again
  39. hear wrongly
  40. preheat

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