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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 797 · 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 “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check again (d) check wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) misread (d) preread
  3. 3.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  4. 4.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal again
  5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  6. 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  7. 7.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  8. 8.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) preagree
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  11. 11.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  12. 12.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  13. 13.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
  14. 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) not build
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  16. 16.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
  17. 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  18. 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
  20. 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  22. 22.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  23. 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  24. 24.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) diskind
  25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  26. 26.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  27. 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  29. 29.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  30. 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  31. 31.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  32. 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
  33. 33.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  34. 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  35. 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) mistell (d) retell
  36. 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  37. 37.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  38. 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  40. 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) prespell

Answer key

  1. check again
  2. misread
  3. not loyal
  4. not equal
  5. preheat
  6. misjudge
  7. disloyal
  8. disagree
  9. dis-
  10. unusual
  11. not common
  12. tell again
  13. paint again
  14. build again
  15. un-
  16. unequal
  17. place wrongly
  18. not usual
  19. reopen
  20. mis-
  21. pre-
  22. re-
  23. not tidy
  24. unkind
  25. not agree
  26. hear wrongly
  27. use again
  28. untidy
  29. pay before
  30. not clear
  31. not fair
  32. misunderstand
  33. judge wrongly
  34. open again
  35. retell
  36. fill again
  37. not obey
  38. heat again
  39. unsafe
  40. misspell

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