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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 806 · 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 “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  2. 2.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  3. 3.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) prehonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
  4. 4.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) misagree
  5. 5.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  6. 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  9. 9.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  10. 10.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  13. 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  15. 15.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) diswell
  16. 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  17. 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  18. 18.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  19. 19.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
  20. 20.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) unjoin
  21. 21.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  22. 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  23. 23.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) unfill
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  25. 25.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  27. 27.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  28. 28.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
  29. 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  30. 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  31. 31.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
  32. 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  33. 33.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) recount (c) precount (d) uncount
  34. 34.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) unplace
  35. 35.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) previsit
  36. 36.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  37. 37.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
  38. 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
  39. 39.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
  40. 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again

Answer key

  1. spell wrongly
  2. write again
  3. dishonest
  4. disagree
  5. count wrongly
  6. not fair
  7. re-
  8. fill again
  9. not clear
  10. repaint
  11. un-
  12. unclear
  13. not tidy
  14. pre-
  15. unwell
  16. unlucky
  17. not common
  18. preheat
  19. play again
  20. rejoin
  21. not kind
  22. mis-
  23. refill
  24. dis-
  25. reuse
  26. place wrongly
  27. reopen
  28. uncommon
  29. not happy
  30. reheat
  31. not honest
  32. untidy
  33. miscount
  34. misplace
  35. revisit
  36. not well
  37. tell again
  38. behave wrongly
  39. pay before
  40. not agree

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