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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 538 · 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 “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  4. 4.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) prepay
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  8. 8.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave before
  9. 9.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) rehonest
  10. 10.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  11. 11.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
  12. 12.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  13. 13.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  14. 14.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  15. 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  16. 16.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  17. 17.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) reobey
  18. 18.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) not fill
  19. 19.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) disvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
  21. 21.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  22. 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  23. 23.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) precount (d) miscount
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  25. 25.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
  26. 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand before
  27. 27.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  28. 28.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) misview
  29. 29.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) unhear
  30. 30.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
  31. 31.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  32. 32.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
  33. 33.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  34. 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
  35. 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) untell
  36. 36.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
  37. 37.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  38. 38.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  39. 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  40. 40.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead

Answer key

  1. not clear
  2. re-
  3. not common
  4. not equal
  5. mis-
  6. prepay
  7. dis-
  8. behave wrongly
  9. dishonest
  10. not happy
  11. unfair
  12. misjudge
  13. reheat
  14. not usual
  15. repaint
  16. not fair
  17. disobey
  18. fill again
  19. judge wrongly
  20. revisit
  21. not allow
  22. not well
  23. miscount
  24. un-
  25. unsafe
  26. understand wrongly
  27. not tidy
  28. preview
  29. mishear
  30. misbehave
  31. not kind
  32. not agree
  33. check again
  34. discontinue
  35. retell
  36. rejoin
  37. build again
  38. tell again
  39. use again
  40. lead wrongly

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