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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 520 · 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 “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  4. 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) not spell
  5. 5.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  6. 6.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  7. 7.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  8. 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  11. 11.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  12. 12.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
  14. 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) resafe
  15. 15.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) unspell
  16. 16.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) recount
  17. 17.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  19. 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
  20. 20.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) rehonest
  22. 22.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  23. 23.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  24. 24.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
  25. 25.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  26. 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) retell
  27. 27.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) unloyal
  29. 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  30. 30.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  31. 31.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  32. 32.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  35. 35.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  36. 36.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  38. 38.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  39. 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  40. 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. mis-
  3. tell again
  4. spell wrongly
  5. judge wrongly
  6. reuse
  7. not continue
  8. hear wrongly
  9. dis-
  10. unclear
  11. reheat
  12. not usual
  13. unfair
  14. unsafe
  15. misspell
  16. miscount
  17. write again
  18. re-
  19. read wrongly
  20. not tidy
  21. dishonest
  22. heat again
  23. reopen
  24. not kind
  25. recheck
  26. retell
  27. not lucky
  28. disloyal
  29. misjudge
  30. judge before
  31. not clear
  32. understand wrongly
  33. unhappy
  34. un-
  35. refill
  36. not well
  37. unequal
  38. discontinue
  39. not common
  40. not honest

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