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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 553 · 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 “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
  2. 2.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  3. 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
  7. 7.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  9. 9.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  10. 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  11. 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  13. 13.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  14. 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  15. 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell before
  16. 16.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  17. 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  19. 19.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) not check
  20. 20.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  21. 21.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  22. 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  23. 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  25. 25.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
  26. 26.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
  28. 28.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
  29. 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  30. 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
  31. 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) preview (d) disview
  33. 33.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  34. 34.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  35. 35.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  36. 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  37. 37.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy again
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  40. 40.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree

Answer key

  1. not equal
  2. unclear
  3. misuse
  4. un-
  5. pre-
  6. recheck
  7. build again
  8. mis-
  9. reheat
  10. misbehave
  11. place wrongly
  12. unwell
  13. not loyal
  14. count wrongly
  15. spell wrongly
  16. misunderstand
  17. not lucky
  18. dis-
  19. check again
  20. not common
  21. judge before
  22. disobey
  23. not fair
  24. preheat
  25. read wrongly
  26. not safe
  27. untidy
  28. fill again
  29. re-
  30. not respect
  31. not tidy
  32. preview
  33. paint again
  34. prepay
  35. tell again
  36. unkind
  37. join again
  38. not happy
  39. discontinue
  40. disagree

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