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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 490 · 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.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  2. 2.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) not count
  3. 3.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) discount (d) recount
  4. 4.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  5. 5.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) misfill
  6. 6.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) not spell
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  10. 10.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  14. 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) distell (d) pretell
  15. 15.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  16. 16.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  17. 17.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) reread (d) preread
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  19. 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  20. 20.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  21. 21.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) disfair
  22. 22.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) rehear
  23. 23.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) prebuild
  24. 24.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  25. 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
  26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  28. 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
  29. 29.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  30. 30.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
  31. 31.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) replace
  32. 32.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) reloyal
  33. 33.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  34. 34.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
  36. 36.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
  37. 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
  38. 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin

Answer key

  1. paint again
  2. count wrongly
  3. miscount
  4. judge before
  5. refill
  6. spell wrongly
  7. un-
  8. pre-
  9. unkind
  10. not allow
  11. dis-
  12. dishonest
  13. untidy
  14. retell
  15. misspell
  16. not clear
  17. misread
  18. re-
  19. mis-
  20. reopen
  21. unfair
  22. mishear
  23. rebuild
  24. play again
  25. use wrongly
  26. place wrongly
  27. misjudge
  28. write again
  29. lead wrongly
  30. not fair
  31. misplace
  32. disloyal
  33. not happy
  34. read wrongly
  35. rewrite
  36. tell again
  37. unlucky
  38. not kind
  39. heat before
  40. rejoin

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