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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 766 · 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.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  2. 2.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  3. 3.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  4. 4.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  5. 5.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) dispay
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  8. 8.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) preplace (d) misplace
  9. 9.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  10. 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) miswell
  11. 11.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  12. 12.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  14. 14.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) disview (d) preview
  15. 15.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  16. 16.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  20. 20.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
  21. 21.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
  22. 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) misfill
  23. 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair before
  24. 24.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  25. 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  26. 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  27. 27.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  28. 28.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
  29. 29.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
  30. 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  31. 31.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  32. 32.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) mishonest
  34. 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
  35. 35.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
  36. 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  37. 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
  38. 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  39. 39.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
  40. 40.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) mistell

Answer key

  1. spell wrongly
  2. understand wrongly
  3. unfair
  4. unsafe
  5. prepay
  6. re-
  7. dis-
  8. misplace
  9. judge before
  10. unwell
  11. play again
  12. not agree
  13. pre-
  14. preview
  15. misjudge
  16. fill again
  17. mis-
  18. untidy
  19. un-
  20. revisit
  21. not allow
  22. refill
  23. not fair
  24. unclear
  25. paint again
  26. use wrongly
  27. behave wrongly
  28. rebuild
  29. view before
  30. not kind
  31. check again
  32. preheat
  33. dishonest
  34. discontinue
  35. judge wrongly
  36. join again
  37. unkind
  38. reuse
  39. not lucky
  40. retell

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