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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 802 · 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 word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) distell (d) pretell
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  6. 6.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) dishear
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
  10. 10.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
  11. 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  12. 12.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) prefair
  14. 14.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  15. 15.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  16. 16.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) misplace
  17. 17.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) precook
  18. 18.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) repay
  19. 19.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) disread (d) misread
  21. 21.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  22. 22.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) disview (d) review
  23. 23.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  24. 24.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
  25. 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  26. 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  27. 27.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  28. 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  29. 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  30. 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
  31. 31.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  32. 32.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  33. 33.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) not view
  34. 34.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) reclear
  35. 35.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) not open
  36. 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
  37. 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  38. 38.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
  39. 39.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) distidy

Answer key

  1. misunderstand
  2. pre-
  3. retell
  4. dis-
  5. preheat
  6. check again
  7. mishear
  8. un-
  9. recheck
  10. not well
  11. spell wrongly
  12. reopen
  13. unfair
  14. join again
  15. not fair
  16. misplace
  17. precook
  18. prepay
  19. understand wrongly
  20. misread
  21. not agree
  22. preview
  23. not happy
  24. not clear
  25. use wrongly
  26. re-
  27. dishonest
  28. prejudge
  29. not tidy
  30. not kind
  31. visit again
  32. play again
  33. view before
  34. unclear
  35. open again
  36. uncommon
  37. misuse
  38. revisit
  39. count wrongly
  40. untidy

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