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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 62 · 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) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
  3. 3.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) prepay
  4. 4.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
  7. 7.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
  8. 8.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read before (d) read again
  9. 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  11. 11.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  14. 14.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  16. 16.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) not pay
  17. 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
  18. 18.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
  19. 19.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) not check (d) check before
  20. 20.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) disfill
  21. 21.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  22. 22.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  23. 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  24. 24.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
  25. 25.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  26. 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  27. 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) unspell
  28. 28.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  29. 29.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  30. 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
  31. 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  34. 34.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  35. 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  36. 36.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
  38. 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  39. 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  40. 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) dispaint

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. not kind
  3. prepay
  4. reopen
  5. mis-
  6. misjudge
  7. not continue
  8. read wrongly
  9. fill again
  10. dis-
  11. unusual
  12. pre-
  13. unkind
  14. reuse
  15. un-
  16. pay before
  17. misplace
  18. uncommon
  19. check again
  20. refill
  21. hear wrongly
  22. disallow
  23. not obey
  24. not allow
  25. spell wrongly
  26. not well
  27. misspell
  28. heat again
  29. unclear
  30. count wrongly
  31. open again
  32. behave wrongly
  33. dishonest
  34. disrespect
  35. play again
  36. view before
  37. unsafe
  38. rewrite
  39. untidy
  40. repaint

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