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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 663 · 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 “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) not visit
  2. 2.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
  3. 3.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  4. 4.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) preplace
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  6. 6.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  7. 7.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  8. 8.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  9. 9.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  11. 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
  12. 12.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) mispay
  14. 14.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  15. 15.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
  16. 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
  17. 17.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
  19. 19.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  20. 20.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
  21. 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  22. 22.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
  23. 23.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  24. 24.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
  25. 25.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
  26. 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  27. 27.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  28. 28.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  29. 29.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) preopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
  30. 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  31. 31.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
  32. 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  33. 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
  34. 34.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  35. 35.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  36. 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  37. 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  38. 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  40. 40.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay

Answer key

  1. visit again
  2. disrespect
  3. check again
  4. misplace
  5. dis-
  6. cook before
  7. heat again
  8. lead wrongly
  9. place wrongly
  10. repaint
  11. spell wrongly
  12. paint again
  13. prepay
  14. misuse
  15. preheat
  16. unclear
  17. judge wrongly
  18. recheck
  19. pre-
  20. unhappy
  21. untidy
  22. unequal
  23. reuse
  24. dishonest
  25. rebuild
  26. re-
  27. not usual
  28. unkind
  29. reopen
  30. un-
  31. write again
  32. not common
  33. understand wrongly
  34. mis-
  35. count wrongly
  36. join again
  37. not equal
  38. not clear
  39. unsafe
  40. pay before

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