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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 585 · 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 clear”? (a) reclear (b) misclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  2. 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  3. 3.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  6. 6.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  10. 10.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
  11. 11.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  12. 12.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  14. 14.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
  15. 15.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
  16. 16.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  17. 17.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  19. 19.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
  20. 20.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  21. 21.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint
  22. 22.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  23. 23.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  24. 24.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
  25. 25.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  26. 26.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  27. 27.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
  28. 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  29. 29.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  30. 30.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  31. 31.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) unplace
  32. 32.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) dislead
  33. 33.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  34. 34.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  35. 35.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) discook (c) recook (d) precook
  36. 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
  37. 37.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  38. 38.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
  39. 39.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
  40. 40.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual

Answer key

  1. unclear
  2. uncommon
  3. not kind
  4. un-
  5. unsafe
  6. preheat
  7. pre-
  8. dis-
  9. re-
  10. not allow
  11. judge before
  12. fill again
  13. not obey
  14. reopen
  15. judge wrongly
  16. visit again
  17. not loyal
  18. mis-
  19. not common
  20. rewrite
  21. paint again
  22. dishonest
  23. unusual
  24. replay
  25. check again
  26. misunderstand
  27. revisit
  28. open again
  29. unhappy
  30. place wrongly
  31. misplace
  32. mislead
  33. mishear
  34. unlucky
  35. precook
  36. recheck
  37. use wrongly
  38. understand wrongly
  39. not fair
  40. not usual

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