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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 494 · 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 “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) count again (d) not count
  3. 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  4. 4.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  7. 7.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  8. 8.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  9. 9.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) not check
  10. 10.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  11. 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  14. 14.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) replay
  15. 15.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) respect before
  16. 16.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  17. 17.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) prewell (d) diswell
  18. 18.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) misread (d) reread
  20. 20.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) view again
  21. 21.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  22. 22.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) preagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  23. 23.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  24. 24.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) uncook
  25. 25.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) displace
  26. 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  27. 27.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  28. 28.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) pretell
  29. 29.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
  30. 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  31. 31.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  32. 32.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
  33. 33.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
  34. 34.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) misview (d) review
  35. 35.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
  37. 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
  38. 38.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  39. 39.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  40. 40.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) disfair

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. count wrongly
  3. misuse
  4. play again
  5. mis-
  6. dis-
  7. not equal
  8. prejudge
  9. check again
  10. recheck
  11. uncommon
  12. pre-
  13. spell wrongly
  14. replay
  15. not respect
  16. unusual
  17. unwell
  18. not obey
  19. misread
  20. view before
  21. unlucky
  22. disagree
  23. misspell
  24. precook
  25. misplace
  26. unhappy
  27. reuse
  28. retell
  29. tell again
  30. un-
  31. judge before
  32. not clear
  33. open again
  34. preview
  35. heat again
  36. not happy
  37. disrespect
  38. not fair
  39. mishear
  40. unfair

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