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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 688 · 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 “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  2. 2.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  3. 3.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) misagree (d) reagree
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
  6. 6.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) join before (d) not join
  7. 7.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  8. 8.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  9. 9.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  10. 10.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) dispay (c) prepay (d) mispay
  11. 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand again
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  16. 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
  17. 17.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  18. 18.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) untell
  19. 19.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) clear again
  20. 20.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  21. 21.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) not build
  22. 22.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) preplace (d) unplace
  23. 23.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) refair
  25. 25.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) preplay (d) replay
  26. 26.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  27. 27.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint
  28. 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) not usual
  29. 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  30. 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
  31. 31.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) prebuild
  32. 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
  33. 33.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  34. 34.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  35. 35.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
  36. 36.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check before
  37. 37.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  38. 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  39. 39.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) safe again
  40. 40.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy

Answer key

  1. unusual
  2. misspell
  3. disagree
  4. pre-
  5. untidy
  6. join again
  7. unclear
  8. lead wrongly
  9. not fair
  10. prepay
  11. read wrongly
  12. mis-
  13. dis-
  14. understand wrongly
  15. re-
  16. not obey
  17. recheck
  18. retell
  19. not clear
  20. play again
  21. build again
  22. misplace
  23. judge wrongly
  24. unfair
  25. replay
  26. not common
  27. paint again
  28. not usual
  29. un-
  30. disobey
  31. rebuild
  32. discontinue
  33. reheat
  34. cook before
  35. place wrongly
  36. check again
  37. view before
  38. not happy
  39. not safe
  40. not tidy

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