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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 492 · 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 “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  4. 4.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) precommon
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  7. 7.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) reagree
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) miskind
  10. 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
  11. 11.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) unspell
  12. 12.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  13. 13.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  14. 14.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  16. 16.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  17. 17.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) rerespect (d) unrespect
  18. 18.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) not agree
  19. 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) pretidy
  21. 21.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
  22. 22.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  23. 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  24. 24.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  25. 25.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
  26. 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) equal again
  27. 27.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) disfill
  28. 28.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  29. 29.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  30. 30.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  32. 32.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  33. 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
  34. 34.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  35. 35.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  36. 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) retell
  37. 37.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  39. 39.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  40. 40.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) miswell (d) unwell

Answer key

  1. count wrongly
  2. re-
  3. not lucky
  4. uncommon
  5. mis-
  6. reuse
  7. disagree
  8. pre-
  9. unkind
  10. paint again
  11. misspell
  12. place wrongly
  13. not respect
  14. unequal
  15. dis-
  16. view before
  17. disrespect
  18. not agree
  19. judge before
  20. untidy
  21. not obey
  22. dishonest
  23. not fair
  24. unsafe
  25. recheck
  26. not equal
  27. refill
  28. not continue
  29. cook before
  30. play again
  31. misunderstand
  32. mislead
  33. prejudge
  34. pay before
  35. reheat
  36. retell
  37. not usual
  38. disallow
  39. use wrongly
  40. unwell

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