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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 582 · 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 word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  5. 5.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  6. 6.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  9. 9.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  10. 10.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
  11. 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell again
  12. 12.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) unplace
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  14. 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
  15. 15.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) prejoin (c) misjoin (d) rejoin
  16. 16.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) unread (c) misread (d) reread
  17. 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  18. 18.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) unopen
  19. 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) untell (d) retell
  20. 20.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  21. 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) precount
  22. 22.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) preview (d) review
  23. 23.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  24. 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey again
  25. 25.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
  26. 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  27. 27.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  28. 28.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  29. 29.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) rewrite
  30. 30.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
  31. 31.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count before (d) count again
  32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  33. 33.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
  34. 34.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
  35. 35.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) unpaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
  37. 37.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  38. 38.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
  39. 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
  40. 40.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly

Answer key

  1. unfair
  2. mis-
  3. un-
  4. visit again
  5. misuse
  6. unkind
  7. pre-
  8. preheat
  9. not kind
  10. fill again
  11. spell wrongly
  12. misplace
  13. re-
  14. build again
  15. rejoin
  16. misread
  17. judge before
  18. reopen
  19. retell
  20. untidy
  21. miscount
  22. preview
  23. not lucky
  24. not obey
  25. uncommon
  26. not well
  27. place wrongly
  28. unlucky
  29. rewrite
  30. not continue
  31. count wrongly
  32. dis-
  33. misspell
  34. unsafe
  35. write again
  36. repaint
  37. not loyal
  38. disloyal
  39. not honest
  40. hear wrongly

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