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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 744 · 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 “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  2. 2.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) prewell (d) diswell
  5. 5.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
  6. 6.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
  10. 10.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) uncook
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  15. 15.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) not read
  16. 16.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  17. 17.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
  18. 18.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
  19. 19.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) misplay (c) unplay (d) replay
  20. 20.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  21. 21.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  22. 22.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  23. 23.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit before
  24. 24.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  26. 26.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  27. 27.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  28. 28.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  29. 29.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
  30. 30.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  31. 31.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  32. 32.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
  33. 33.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  34. 34.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  35. 35.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  36. 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) distell (d) retell
  37. 37.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay before
  38. 38.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
  39. 39.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) prekind (c) rekind (d) unkind

Answer key

  1. reopen
  2. discontinue
  3. un-
  4. unwell
  5. rewrite
  6. not honest
  7. dis-
  8. re-
  9. not lucky
  10. place wrongly
  11. pre-
  12. judge wrongly
  13. precook
  14. mis-
  15. read wrongly
  16. not tidy
  17. behave wrongly
  18. prejudge
  19. replay
  20. write again
  21. not allow
  22. understand wrongly
  23. visit again
  24. not usual
  25. unequal
  26. tell again
  27. spell wrongly
  28. not well
  29. join again
  30. repaint
  31. lead wrongly
  32. unhappy
  33. heat before
  34. not obey
  35. not common
  36. retell
  37. pay before
  38. recheck
  39. paint again
  40. unkind

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