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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 500 · 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 “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect again
  2. 2.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
  3. 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  4. 4.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) prekind
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  7. 7.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  8. 8.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
  9. 9.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) replay (d) unplay
  10. 10.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
  11. 11.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  12. 12.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  16. 16.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
  17. 17.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  19. 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  21. 21.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  22. 22.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  23. 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  24. 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  25. 25.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
  26. 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
  27. 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  29. 29.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  30. 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  31. 31.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
  32. 32.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  33. 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  34. 34.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) recount (d) miscount
  35. 35.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  36. 36.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) uncook
  38. 38.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) not well (d) well again
  39. 39.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  40. 40.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check

Answer key

  1. not respect
  2. not lucky
  3. not common
  4. unkind
  5. pre-
  6. unusual
  7. hear wrongly
  8. use wrongly
  9. replay
  10. spell wrongly
  11. not honest
  12. judge wrongly
  13. rewrite
  14. dis-
  15. prepay
  16. not clear
  17. unhappy
  18. understand wrongly
  19. read wrongly
  20. re-
  21. unlucky
  22. misuse
  23. mis-
  24. not obey
  25. disagree
  26. visit again
  27. judge before
  28. join again
  29. mislead
  30. reheat
  31. not kind
  32. unequal
  33. not safe
  34. miscount
  35. place wrongly
  36. paint again
  37. precook
  38. not well
  39. not loyal
  40. check again

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