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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 83 · 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 “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) misview (c) review (d) unview
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
  6. 6.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
  8. 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
  13. 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  14. 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  16. 16.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  17. 17.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  18. 18.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  19. 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay before
  20. 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  21. 21.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  22. 22.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) mishonest (d) dishonest
  23. 23.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
  24. 24.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  25. 25.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  26. 26.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  27. 27.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand before
  28. 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  29. 29.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  30. 30.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  31. 31.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) rebuild (c) disbuild (d) prebuild
  32. 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  33. 33.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  34. 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  35. 35.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) misfair
  36. 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) prespell
  37. 37.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
  38. 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) not open (d) open before
  39. 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) discount

Answer key

  1. untidy
  2. un-
  3. preview
  4. mis-
  5. uncommon
  6. behave wrongly
  7. replay
  8. hear wrongly
  9. misunderstand
  10. dis-
  11. pre-
  12. rejoin
  13. unsafe
  14. play again
  15. re-
  16. reuse
  17. unkind
  18. not obey
  19. pay before
  20. reheat
  21. refill
  22. dishonest
  23. disrespect
  24. heat again
  25. unequal
  26. unwell
  27. understand wrongly
  28. not common
  29. not clear
  30. heat before
  31. rebuild
  32. discontinue
  33. judge before
  34. join again
  35. unfair
  36. misspell
  37. prepay
  38. open again
  39. tell again
  40. miscount

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