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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 762 · 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 prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  4. 4.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) disview (d) preview
  5. 5.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) dispay (d) repay
  6. 6.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  9. 9.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  10. 10.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) prewrite
  11. 11.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) preusual
  12. 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) prefair
  13. 13.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
  14. 14.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
  15. 15.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) display (d) replay
  16. 16.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) unread (c) preread (d) misread
  17. 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) not cook
  18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check before
  19. 19.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
  20. 20.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
  23. 23.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  24. 24.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
  25. 25.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  26. 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  27. 27.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) prekind
  28. 28.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  29. 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) miswell (d) diswell
  30. 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
  33. 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
  34. 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) displace
  36. 36.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) miscontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
  37. 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  38. 38.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  39. 39.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  40. 40.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. recheck
  3. dis-
  4. preview
  5. prepay
  6. play again
  7. un-
  8. unclear
  9. open again
  10. rewrite
  11. unusual
  12. unfair
  13. misunderstand
  14. unequal
  15. replay
  16. misread
  17. cook before
  18. check again
  19. preheat
  20. dishonest
  21. mis-
  22. not lucky
  23. not happy
  24. not honest
  25. heat before
  26. pre-
  27. unkind
  28. not tidy
  29. unwell
  30. spell wrongly
  31. unsafe
  32. behave wrongly
  33. revisit
  34. not common
  35. misplace
  36. discontinue
  37. not kind
  38. misjudge
  39. unhappy
  40. not equal

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