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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 517 · 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 “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  2. 2.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell again
  3. 3.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) unagree
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  7. 7.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  8. 8.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  9. 9.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) discook (d) precook
  10. 10.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  11. 11.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
  16. 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  17. 17.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  19. 19.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
  20. 20.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) unplay (d) preplay
  22. 22.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) recheck (c) precheck (d) mischeck
  23. 23.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) dislucky
  24. 24.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
  25. 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  26. 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  27. 27.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
  28. 28.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
  29. 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) equal again
  31. 31.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  32. 32.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) mispaint (d) dispaint
  33. 33.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  34. 34.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) mistell
  35. 35.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) prespell
  36. 36.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  37. 37.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) not understand
  38. 38.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) reread (d) disread
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  40. 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly

Answer key

  1. join again
  2. spell wrongly
  3. disagree
  4. pre-
  5. mis-
  6. rejoin
  7. unclear
  8. heat before
  9. precook
  10. lead wrongly
  11. discontinue
  12. un-
  13. disobey
  14. re-
  15. rebuild
  16. not obey
  17. open again
  18. dis-
  19. write again
  20. view before
  21. replay
  22. recheck
  23. unlucky
  24. count wrongly
  25. use wrongly
  26. not well
  27. not usual
  28. place wrongly
  29. misjudge
  30. not equal
  31. not lucky
  32. repaint
  33. judge wrongly
  34. retell
  35. misspell
  36. paint again
  37. understand wrongly
  38. misread
  39. unkind
  40. not clear

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