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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 753 · 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 “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
  2. 2.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  3. 3.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) misplace
  8. 8.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand before
  9. 9.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  10. 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  11. 11.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  12. 12.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
  13. 13.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
  14. 14.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) misview (c) preview (d) unview
  15. 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  16. 16.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
  17. 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) disfair
  18. 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  19. 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
  20. 20.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  21. 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common again (d) common before
  22. 22.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  23. 23.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) misplay (d) replay
  24. 24.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) prebuild (d) unbuild
  25. 25.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
  26. 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  27. 27.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
  28. 28.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) disclear
  29. 29.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  30. 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  31. 31.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  33. 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
  34. 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  35. 35.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  37. 37.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
  38. 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) prewell (d) diswell
  39. 39.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) recook
  40. 40.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-

Answer key

  1. misjudge
  2. view before
  3. check again
  4. un-
  5. play again
  6. dis-
  7. misplace
  8. understand wrongly
  9. untidy
  10. not fair
  11. misunderstand
  12. disloyal
  13. cook before
  14. preview
  15. pre-
  16. retell
  17. unfair
  18. not lucky
  19. pay before
  20. not clear
  21. not common
  22. not equal
  23. replay
  24. rebuild
  25. judge before
  26. re-
  27. rewrite
  28. unclear
  29. unsafe
  30. spell wrongly
  31. misuse
  32. behave wrongly
  33. not safe
  34. heat again
  35. repaint
  36. not happy
  37. hear wrongly
  38. unwell
  39. precook
  40. mis-

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