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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 594 · 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 “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
  2. 2.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  5. 5.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) misrespect
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  9. 9.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  12. 12.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  13. 13.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
  15. 15.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
  16. 16.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  17. 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  18. 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe before
  19. 19.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  20. 20.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  21. 21.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  23. 23.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) repay
  24. 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
  25. 25.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  26. 26.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  27. 27.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) preopen
  28. 28.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  29. 29.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  30. 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
  31. 31.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  32. 32.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  34. 34.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) write before
  35. 35.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  36. 36.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
  37. 37.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
  38. 38.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  39. 39.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) reloyal
  40. 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly

Answer key

  1. prejudge
  2. repaint
  3. mis-
  4. recheck
  5. not respect
  6. disrespect
  7. pre-
  8. not obey
  9. not usual
  10. re-
  11. dis-
  12. mislead
  13. judge wrongly
  14. discontinue
  15. revisit
  16. tell again
  17. judge before
  18. not safe
  19. spell wrongly
  20. not honest
  21. hear wrongly
  22. un-
  23. prepay
  24. build again
  25. unfair
  26. not lucky
  27. reopen
  28. play again
  29. misbehave
  30. visit again
  31. uncommon
  32. not continue
  33. misunderstand
  34. write again
  35. reheat
  36. not well
  37. not fair
  38. use wrongly
  39. disloyal
  40. cook before

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