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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 776 · 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 “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  6. 6.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
  7. 7.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  9. 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  10. 10.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
  11. 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  12. 12.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) disfill
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  15. 15.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect again
  16. 16.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  17. 17.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  19. 19.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
  20. 20.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  21. 21.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  22. 22.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  23. 23.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  24. 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) reusual
  25. 25.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  26. 26.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) paint before
  27. 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  28. 28.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  29. 29.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) misagree
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  31. 31.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  32. 32.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
  33. 33.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  34. 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  35. 35.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  36. 36.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) preloyal
  37. 37.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
  38. 38.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join before
  39. 39.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
  40. 40.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) distell

Answer key

  1. recheck
  2. re-
  3. prejudge
  4. dis-
  5. behave wrongly
  6. repaint
  7. build again
  8. untidy
  9. heat again
  10. unlucky
  11. not agree
  12. refill
  13. un-
  14. not fair
  15. not respect
  16. reheat
  17. not usual
  18. pre-
  19. visit again
  20. reuse
  21. view before
  22. not honest
  23. not well
  24. unusual
  25. not happy
  26. paint again
  27. tell again
  28. misunderstand
  29. disagree
  30. not equal
  31. mis-
  32. rewrite
  33. hear wrongly
  34. spell wrongly
  35. understand wrongly
  36. disloyal
  37. not continue
  38. join again
  39. read wrongly
  40. retell

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