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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 783 · 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 “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) disbuild
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  5. 5.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
  6. 6.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  7. 7.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) prehear (d) mishear
  9. 9.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
  10. 10.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  11. 11.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) refair
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  14. 14.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) prepay
  15. 15.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  16. 16.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  17. 17.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  19. 19.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  20. 20.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  21. 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
  22. 22.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint again
  23. 23.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
  24. 24.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
  25. 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
  26. 26.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  27. 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  28. 28.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  29. 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  30. 30.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  31. 31.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal again
  32. 32.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
  33. 33.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  34. 34.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
  35. 35.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  36. 36.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  37. 37.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) reequal
  38. 38.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  39. 39.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again

Answer key

  1. hear wrongly
  2. rebuild
  3. mis-
  4. re-
  5. spell wrongly
  6. repaint
  7. fill again
  8. mishear
  9. check again
  10. tell again
  11. unfair
  12. un-
  13. dis-
  14. prepay
  15. write again
  16. join again
  17. not happy
  18. pre-
  19. count wrongly
  20. not common
  21. revisit
  22. paint again
  23. behave wrongly
  24. disrespect
  25. untidy
  26. heat again
  27. use again
  28. preheat
  29. misunderstand
  30. judge before
  31. not equal
  32. prejudge
  33. not well
  34. play again
  35. not loyal
  36. visit again
  37. unequal
  38. not obey
  39. not lucky
  40. build again

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