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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 574 · 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 “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  5. 5.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  7. 7.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  9. 9.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  10. 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  11. 11.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  12. 12.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) disbuild
  13. 13.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  14. 14.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
  15. 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  16. 16.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  17. 17.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) mispay
  18. 18.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
  19. 19.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  20. 20.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) rehear
  21. 21.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) recook (d) miscook
  22. 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  24. 24.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  25. 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
  26. 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  27. 27.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  28. 28.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  29. 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
  30. 30.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  31. 31.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) replace
  32. 32.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) unvisit
  33. 33.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  34. 34.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
  35. 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
  36. 36.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
  38. 38.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  40. 40.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well

Answer key

  1. spell wrongly
  2. un-
  3. lead wrongly
  4. unhappy
  5. disagree
  6. re-
  7. visit again
  8. mis-
  9. not common
  10. check again
  11. paint again
  12. rebuild
  13. hear wrongly
  14. write again
  15. heat again
  16. refill
  17. prepay
  18. reopen
  19. dishonest
  20. mishear
  21. precook
  22. not lucky
  23. dis-
  24. unwell
  25. untidy
  26. not equal
  27. preheat
  28. misunderstand
  29. miscount
  30. unsafe
  31. misplace
  32. revisit
  33. pre-
  34. misjudge
  35. misbehave
  36. count wrongly
  37. unusual
  38. not agree
  39. judge wrongly
  40. not well

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