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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 689 · 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 “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  3. 3.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) dispay
  6. 6.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  9. 9.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) unjoin
  14. 14.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) unread (d) disread
  15. 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) uncheck
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  18. 18.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) not view (d) view wrongly
  19. 19.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  20. 20.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  21. 21.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  22. 22.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  23. 23.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) misopen
  24. 24.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
  27. 27.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  28. 28.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  29. 29.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair again
  30. 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) prelead
  32. 32.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
  33. 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  34. 34.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) disfill
  35. 35.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  36. 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  37. 37.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
  38. 38.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) prekind
  39. 39.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  40. 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy

Answer key

  1. judge before
  2. dis-
  3. not obey
  4. pre-
  5. prepay
  6. revisit
  7. not common
  8. re-
  9. paint again
  10. unlucky
  11. un-
  12. use again
  13. rejoin
  14. misread
  15. recheck
  16. mis-
  17. not clear
  18. view before
  19. heat before
  20. count wrongly
  21. unclear
  22. reheat
  23. reopen
  24. unfair
  25. join again
  26. discontinue
  27. place wrongly
  28. not honest
  29. not fair
  30. cook before
  31. mislead
  32. not continue
  33. misunderstand
  34. refill
  35. check again
  36. not kind
  37. precook
  38. unkind
  39. unwell
  40. unhappy

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