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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 717 · 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 “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  6. 6.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal
  8. 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) preallow (d) reallow
  9. 9.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  10. 10.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  11. 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  14. 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) retell
  15. 15.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) misread (d) reread
  16. 16.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
  17. 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  19. 19.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
  20. 20.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  21. 21.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  22. 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  23. 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) presafe
  25. 25.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) reagree (c) preagree (d) unagree
  26. 26.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  28. 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  29. 29.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
  30. 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again
  31. 31.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  32. 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) uncook (c) miscook (d) recook
  33. 33.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  34. 34.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  35. 35.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) rekind
  36. 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
  37. 37.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  38. 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) prewell (d) diswell
  39. 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
  40. 40.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) preheat

Answer key

  1. misspell
  2. pre-
  3. re-
  4. not agree
  5. un-
  6. play again
  7. disloyal
  8. disallow
  9. tell again
  10. place wrongly
  11. not equal
  12. not tidy
  13. dis-
  14. retell
  15. misread
  16. use again
  17. dishonest
  18. mis-
  19. discontinue
  20. unfair
  21. hear wrongly
  22. not safe
  23. use wrongly
  24. unsafe
  25. disagree
  26. count wrongly
  27. untidy
  28. not lucky
  29. recheck
  30. cook before
  31. repaint
  32. precook
  33. unclear
  34. misunderstand
  35. unkind
  36. uncommon
  37. understand wrongly
  38. unwell
  39. not well
  40. preheat

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