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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 727 · 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 “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) mispay
  2. 2.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) unread (d) misread
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  5. 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  9. 9.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  10. 10.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  15. 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
  17. 17.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  20. 20.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
  21. 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
  22. 22.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  23. 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
  24. 24.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  25. 25.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) mistell (d) retell
  26. 26.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  27. 27.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  28. 28.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) misfill (d) unfill
  29. 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  30. 30.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  31. 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  32. 32.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) count again (d) not count
  33. 33.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) not continue
  34. 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  35. 35.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) prelucky
  36. 36.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) not view (d) view before
  37. 37.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) prewell
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  39. 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build

Answer key

  1. prepay
  2. misread
  3. pre-
  4. not equal
  5. not clear
  6. mis-
  7. disobey
  8. un-
  9. not obey
  10. cook before
  11. re-
  12. not kind
  13. dis-
  14. play again
  15. hear wrongly
  16. repaint
  17. untidy
  18. understand wrongly
  19. prejudge
  20. revisit
  21. reheat
  22. mishear
  23. not fair
  24. fill again
  25. retell
  26. disloyal
  27. read wrongly
  28. refill
  29. not agree
  30. heat before
  31. not well
  32. count wrongly
  33. not continue
  34. misuse
  35. unlucky
  36. view before
  37. unwell
  38. unusual
  39. not honest
  40. build again

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