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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 839 · 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 “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  3. 3.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  4. 4.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  5. 5.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
  6. 6.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) preview (c) unview (d) disview
  7. 7.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) not allow
  8. 8.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) prerespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
  9. 9.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  10. 10.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  11. 11.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  12. 12.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  14. 14.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
  15. 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  17. 17.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  19. 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) retell
  20. 20.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
  21. 21.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  22. 22.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  23. 23.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  24. 24.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
  25. 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  27. 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  28. 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) previsit
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
  30. 30.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  31. 31.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  32. 32.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  33. 33.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
  34. 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell again
  35. 35.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) prehear
  36. 36.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  37. 37.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  38. 38.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  39. 39.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) unheat

Answer key

  1. tell again
  2. misunderstand
  3. count wrongly
  4. not kind
  5. not usual
  6. preview
  7. not allow
  8. disrespect
  9. prejudge
  10. heat before
  11. pay before
  12. hear wrongly
  13. re-
  14. unhappy
  15. recheck
  16. un-
  17. rewrite
  18. dis-
  19. retell
  20. not fair
  21. unequal
  22. disallow
  23. rebuild
  24. discontinue
  25. not obey
  26. dishonest
  27. mis-
  28. revisit
  29. open again
  30. refill
  31. unlucky
  32. heat again
  33. preheat
  34. spell wrongly
  35. mishear
  36. misuse
  37. understand wrongly
  38. not tidy
  39. visit again
  40. reheat

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