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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 511 · 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 “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  2. 2.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) miswell
  3. 3.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) prelead (c) mislead (d) dislead
  11. 11.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  12. 12.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  13. 13.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  14. 14.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  15. 15.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) retell
  16. 16.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  18. 18.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  19. 19.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  20. 20.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) preloyal (d) misloyal
  21. 21.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  22. 22.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit before
  23. 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  24. 24.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  25. 25.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  26. 26.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  28. 28.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
  29. 29.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
  30. 30.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  31. 31.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  32. 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  33. 33.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  34. 34.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  35. 35.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
  36. 36.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  37. 37.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) disallow (c) misallow (d) reallow
  38. 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  39. 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open again (d) open wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) unjoin

Answer key

  1. understand wrongly
  2. unwell
  3. repaint
  4. pre-
  5. re-
  6. reuse
  7. un-
  8. unusual
  9. dis-
  10. mislead
  11. not continue
  12. use wrongly
  13. dishonest
  14. not lucky
  15. retell
  16. spell wrongly
  17. misspell
  18. heat again
  19. view before
  20. disloyal
  21. not obey
  22. visit again
  23. mis-
  24. join again
  25. unlucky
  26. not common
  27. recheck
  28. judge wrongly
  29. pay before
  30. check again
  31. misuse
  32. read wrongly
  33. paint again
  34. reheat
  35. replay
  36. unfair
  37. disallow
  38. rewrite
  39. open again
  40. rejoin

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