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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 497 · 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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common again
  4. 4.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) replace
  8. 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  9. 9.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) pretell
  10. 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
  11. 11.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  12. 12.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  13. 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
  14. 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  15. 15.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  16. 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  17. 17.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  19. 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  21. 21.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) discook
  22. 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  23. 23.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
  24. 24.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) not understand
  25. 25.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  26. 26.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  27. 27.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  28. 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) usual again
  29. 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  30. 30.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
  31. 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  32. 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  33. 33.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  34. 34.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) misfair
  35. 35.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
  36. 36.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  37. 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
  39. 39.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) unpay
  40. 40.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky

Answer key

  1. not happy
  2. dis-
  3. not common
  4. rejoin
  5. mis-
  6. paint again
  7. misplace
  8. heat again
  9. retell
  10. not fair
  11. cook before
  12. place wrongly
  13. not allow
  14. build again
  15. revisit
  16. recheck
  17. rebuild
  18. un-
  19. judge before
  20. re-
  21. precook
  22. hear wrongly
  23. not clear
  24. understand wrongly
  25. unsafe
  26. uncommon
  27. prejudge
  28. not usual
  29. not agree
  30. fill again
  31. refill
  32. not kind
  33. pre-
  34. unfair
  35. unhappy
  36. judge wrongly
  37. read wrongly
  38. visit again
  39. prepay
  40. not lucky

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