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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 560 · 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 “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  2. 2.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  3. 3.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) check again
  4. 4.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
  9. 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
  10. 10.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) not open
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  13. 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  15. 15.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
  16. 16.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
  17. 17.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  18. 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common again
  19. 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  20. 20.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
  21. 21.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  23. 23.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
  24. 24.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) unvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join before (d) join again
  26. 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) mispay
  27. 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
  28. 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
  29. 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  30. 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  31. 31.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
  32. 32.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  33. 33.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  34. 34.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
  35. 35.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  36. 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  37. 37.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) display
  38. 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) untell (d) distell
  39. 39.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  40. 40.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well again (d) well wrongly

Answer key

  1. judge before
  2. unfair
  3. check again
  4. pay before
  5. pre-
  6. reuse
  7. re-
  8. misbehave
  9. not honest
  10. open again
  11. mis-
  12. fill again
  13. unclear
  14. un-
  15. rebuild
  16. rejoin
  17. spell wrongly
  18. not common
  19. not usual
  20. build again
  21. place wrongly
  22. reheat
  23. not allow
  24. revisit
  25. join again
  26. prepay
  27. uncommon
  28. not fair
  29. dis-
  30. not safe
  31. unequal
  32. hear wrongly
  33. not happy
  34. unlucky
  35. read wrongly
  36. not kind
  37. replay
  38. retell
  39. play again
  40. not well

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