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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 745 · 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 “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  2. 2.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  3. 3.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
  4. 4.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  5. 5.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
  6. 6.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  8. 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  10. 10.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  11. 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
  12. 12.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell again
  13. 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  14. 14.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) previsit
  15. 15.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) unpay
  16. 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  18. 18.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
  19. 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  21. 21.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again
  22. 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  23. 23.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  24. 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) place before (d) not place
  26. 26.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
  27. 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  29. 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  30. 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  31. 31.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  32. 32.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) agree before
  33. 33.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  34. 34.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
  35. 35.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  36. 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
  37. 37.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  38. 38.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) prefair
  39. 39.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
  40. 40.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before

Answer key

  1. preheat
  2. lead wrongly
  3. uncommon
  4. not kind
  5. heat again
  6. fill again
  7. pre-
  8. play again
  9. untidy
  10. not lucky
  11. not equal
  12. tell again
  13. unclear
  14. revisit
  15. prepay
  16. re-
  17. spell wrongly
  18. paint again
  19. not tidy
  20. un-
  21. cook before
  22. disobey
  23. disrespect
  24. read wrongly
  25. place wrongly
  26. discontinue
  27. mis-
  28. join again
  29. behave wrongly
  30. dis-
  31. use again
  32. not agree
  33. unequal
  34. pay before
  35. open again
  36. recheck
  37. use wrongly
  38. unfair
  39. misunderstand
  40. not fair

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