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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 787 · 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 “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  3. 3.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  6. 6.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
  7. 7.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) preobey
  8. 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
  9. 9.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  10. 10.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) safe again
  11. 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  12. 12.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) misfair
  14. 14.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) unhappy
  15. 15.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  17. 17.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) rekind
  18. 18.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  19. 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  20. 20.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  21. 21.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
  22. 22.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
  23. 23.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
  24. 24.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  25. 25.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  26. 26.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  27. 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  28. 28.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  29. 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  30. 30.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  31. 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  33. 33.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) misclear
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  35. 35.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  36. 36.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  37. 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  39. 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell before
  40. 40.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) rewell

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. unequal
  3. not agree
  4. pre-
  5. not continue
  6. use wrongly
  7. disobey
  8. hear wrongly
  9. judge wrongly
  10. not safe
  11. read wrongly
  12. not honest
  13. unfair
  14. unhappy
  15. uncommon
  16. un-
  17. unkind
  18. view before
  19. pay before
  20. heat again
  21. prejudge
  22. repaint
  23. precook
  24. join again
  25. judge before
  26. count wrongly
  27. mis-
  28. untidy
  29. not happy
  30. build again
  31. not tidy
  32. prepay
  33. unclear
  34. dis-
  35. open again
  36. not lucky
  37. write again
  38. reheat
  39. spell wrongly
  40. unwell

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