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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 78 · 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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  4. 4.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  7. 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) preplace
  10. 10.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  11. 11.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  12. 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
  13. 13.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
  14. 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  15. 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
  16. 16.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) miskind (d) diskind
  17. 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  20. 20.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  21. 21.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue again
  22. 22.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  23. 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  24. 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  25. 25.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  26. 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  27. 27.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
  28. 28.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  29. 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) precook (d) recook
  31. 31.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  32. 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  33. 33.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
  34. 34.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) distell (d) pretell
  35. 35.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) disspell
  37. 37.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) disusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  39. 39.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  40. 40.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) disheat

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. un-
  3. write again
  4. unhappy
  5. pre-
  6. heat before
  7. judge before
  8. mis-
  9. misplace
  10. reuse
  11. mishear
  12. not fair
  13. miscount
  14. unsafe
  15. repaint
  16. unkind
  17. unequal
  18. understand wrongly
  19. re-
  20. visit again
  21. not continue
  22. spell wrongly
  23. not tidy
  24. build again
  25. prejudge
  26. disobey
  27. not usual
  28. unlucky
  29. not happy
  30. precook
  31. not equal
  32. not kind
  33. count wrongly
  34. retell
  35. tell again
  36. misspell
  37. rejoin
  38. unusual
  39. check again
  40. reheat

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