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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 777 · 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 “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) dislucky (c) relucky (d) prelucky
  2. 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  3. 3.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  4. 4.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  5. 5.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  6. 6.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) rehear (c) prehear (d) dishear
  7. 7.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
  10. 10.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  17. 17.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
  18. 18.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
  19. 19.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) unplay (d) replay
  20. 20.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  21. 21.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) misloyal
  22. 22.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  23. 23.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
  24. 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  25. 25.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) build again (d) not build
  26. 26.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  27. 27.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) preunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
  28. 28.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  29. 29.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  30. 30.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) mispaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  31. 31.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
  32. 32.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  33. 33.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) reclear (d) misclear
  35. 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) preplace
  36. 36.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
  37. 37.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
  38. 38.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  40. 40.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open

Answer key

  1. unlucky
  2. heat before
  3. misspell
  4. understand wrongly
  5. not tidy
  6. mishear
  7. view before
  8. re-
  9. disobey
  10. read wrongly
  11. pre-
  12. untidy
  13. un-
  14. use wrongly
  15. judge before
  16. dis-
  17. not happy
  18. use again
  19. replay
  20. not loyal
  21. disloyal
  22. preheat
  23. fill again
  24. not lucky
  25. build again
  26. not respect
  27. misunderstand
  28. reuse
  29. not kind
  30. repaint
  31. visit again
  32. mis-
  33. not equal
  34. unclear
  35. misplace
  36. not clear
  37. unequal
  38. count wrongly
  39. recheck
  40. open again

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