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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 52 · 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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  3. 3.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) unfill
  4. 4.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  7. 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  8. 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
  9. 9.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  10. 10.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  12. 12.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  13. 13.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
  14. 14.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  15. 15.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  17. 17.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  19. 19.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
  20. 20.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  21. 21.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) distell (d) untell
  22. 22.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  23. 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  24. 24.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
  25. 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  27. 27.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  28. 28.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
  29. 29.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) preopen (c) misopen (d) disopen
  30. 30.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) rebehave
  31. 31.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) relead (d) dislead
  32. 32.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
  33. 33.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) misplace
  34. 34.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  35. 35.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
  36. 36.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) not view (d) view again
  37. 37.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  38. 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  39. 39.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
  40. 40.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open before (d) open wrongly

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. count wrongly
  3. refill
  4. reheat
  5. re-
  6. unclear
  7. not happy
  8. hear wrongly
  9. preheat
  10. not equal
  11. unwell
  12. reuse
  13. repaint
  14. visit again
  15. not fair
  16. pre-
  17. rebuild
  18. mis-
  19. disobey
  20. discontinue
  21. retell
  22. judge wrongly
  23. heat before
  24. untidy
  25. not obey
  26. un-
  27. unfair
  28. use again
  29. reopen
  30. misbehave
  31. mislead
  32. unequal
  33. misplace
  34. not allow
  35. write again
  36. view before
  37. prejudge
  38. misuse
  39. not clear
  40. open again

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