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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 852 · 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 “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  2. 2.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  3. 3.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) not join
  6. 6.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  7. 7.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  10. 10.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  11. 11.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
  12. 12.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  13. 13.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  14. 14.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
  15. 15.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  18. 18.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  19. 19.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  20. 20.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  22. 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay before
  23. 23.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again
  24. 24.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
  25. 25.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  27. 27.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  28. 28.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) display (c) replay (d) misplay
  29. 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) disspell
  30. 30.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
  31. 31.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  33. 33.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) recount (d) discount
  34. 34.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) disread (c) unread (d) preread
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
  36. 36.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  37. 37.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) precook
  38. 38.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  39. 39.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  40. 40.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect

Answer key

  1. mislead
  2. rewrite
  3. not happy
  4. pre-
  5. join again
  6. spell wrongly
  7. not tidy
  8. mis-
  9. prejudge
  10. misuse
  11. use again
  12. misplace
  13. play again
  14. write again
  15. count wrongly
  16. dis-
  17. un-
  18. misunderstand
  19. not common
  20. not equal
  21. unclear
  22. pay before
  23. open again
  24. view before
  25. not loyal
  26. place wrongly
  27. build again
  28. replay
  29. misspell
  30. preheat
  31. use wrongly
  32. misjudge
  33. miscount
  34. misread
  35. not kind
  36. re-
  37. precook
  38. not agree
  39. revisit
  40. disrespect

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