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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 782 · 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 “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) not count (d) count again
  2. 2.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) preagree
  3. 3.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  4. 4.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
  5. 5.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) disfair
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) pretell
  10. 10.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) refill
  13. 13.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) disread (d) reread
  14. 14.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) miscontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
  15. 15.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) resafe
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  17. 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) cook again
  18. 18.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) repay
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  20. 20.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
  21. 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  22. 22.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  23. 23.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  24. 24.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  25. 25.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
  27. 27.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
  28. 28.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
  30. 30.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read before
  31. 31.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place again
  32. 32.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) misloyal (d) preloyal
  33. 33.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
  34. 34.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
  35. 35.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
  36. 36.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write before (d) write again
  37. 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  38. 38.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  39. 39.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) not view
  40. 40.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again

Answer key

  1. count wrongly
  2. disagree
  3. not equal
  4. tell again
  5. lead wrongly
  6. pre-
  7. unfair
  8. re-
  9. retell
  10. understand wrongly
  11. dis-
  12. refill
  13. misread
  14. discontinue
  15. unsafe
  16. mis-
  17. cook before
  18. prepay
  19. un-
  20. not safe
  21. misuse
  22. reopen
  23. not honest
  24. judge wrongly
  25. not respect
  26. disrespect
  27. hear wrongly
  28. untidy
  29. open again
  30. read wrongly
  31. place wrongly
  32. disloyal
  33. not usual
  34. uncommon
  35. prejudge
  36. write again
  37. judge before
  38. paint again
  39. view before
  40. play again

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