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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 597 · 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 prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) mistell
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) mispaint
  5. 5.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  6. 6.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) preread (d) reread
  7. 7.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
  8. 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
  9. 9.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
  10. 10.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  11. 11.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  14. 14.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) dispay
  15. 15.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  18. 18.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
  19. 19.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
  20. 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  21. 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  23. 23.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  24. 24.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
  25. 25.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
  26. 26.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
  27. 27.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) prerespect (d) misrespect
  28. 28.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
  29. 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  30. 30.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
  31. 31.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  32. 32.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  34. 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
  36. 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) disspell
  37. 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  38. 38.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join before (d) join wrongly
  39. 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) not open
  40. 40.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. retell
  3. pre-
  4. repaint
  5. not lucky
  6. misread
  7. precook
  8. not usual
  9. disloyal
  10. count wrongly
  11. judge before
  12. not tidy
  13. mis-
  14. prepay
  15. cook before
  16. misplace
  17. dis-
  18. not kind
  19. tell again
  20. heat before
  21. untidy
  22. unclear
  23. not loyal
  24. unequal
  25. fill again
  26. not respect
  27. disrespect
  28. misjudge
  29. behave wrongly
  30. not allow
  31. write again
  32. judge wrongly
  33. mislead
  34. heat again
  35. recheck
  36. misspell
  37. not honest
  38. join again
  39. open again
  40. un-

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