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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 659 · 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.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  2. 2.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) read again
  3. 3.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  5. 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  6. 6.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  7. 7.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
  10. 10.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) disread (d) unread
  11. 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  14. 14.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) miscook
  15. 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  16. 16.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  17. 17.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) paint before
  18. 18.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  19. 19.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) diswell
  20. 20.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  22. 22.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) mispaint
  23. 23.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) mishonest
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  25. 25.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  26. 26.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  28. 28.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
  29. 29.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  31. 31.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  32. 32.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) check again
  33. 33.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
  34. 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) miskind
  35. 35.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
  36. 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
  37. 37.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) recontinue (d) uncontinue
  38. 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  39. 39.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again

Answer key

  1. not kind
  2. read wrongly
  3. not clear
  4. prejudge
  5. visit again
  6. not safe
  7. misplace
  8. dis-
  9. misunderstand
  10. misread
  11. place wrongly
  12. pre-
  13. misspell
  14. precook
  15. spell wrongly
  16. not agree
  17. paint again
  18. judge before
  19. unwell
  20. count wrongly
  21. mis-
  22. repaint
  23. dishonest
  24. unhappy
  25. re-
  26. behave wrongly
  27. un-
  28. use wrongly
  29. join again
  30. rewrite
  31. play again
  32. check again
  33. not usual
  34. unkind
  35. pay before
  36. uncommon
  37. discontinue
  38. heat before
  39. unfair
  40. understand wrongly

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