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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 859 · 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 “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  2. 2.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  3. 3.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
  4. 4.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  5. 5.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  7. 7.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) not kind
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) not write
  10. 10.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  11. 11.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  12. 12.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  14. 14.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
  15. 15.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  16. 16.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) discook (d) miscook
  17. 17.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) dishear
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  19. 19.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) not cook
  20. 20.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
  22. 22.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  23. 23.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  24. 24.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
  25. 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  26. 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
  27. 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  28. 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  29. 29.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) preplace
  30. 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  31. 31.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join before (d) join wrongly
  32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  33. 33.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
  34. 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
  35. 35.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  36. 36.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
  37. 37.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  38. 38.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
  39. 39.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  40. 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly

Answer key

  1. paint again
  2. judge wrongly
  3. lead wrongly
  4. unfair
  5. tell again
  6. pre-
  7. not kind
  8. dis-
  9. write again
  10. not loyal
  11. behave wrongly
  12. not equal
  13. re-
  14. not allow
  15. check again
  16. precook
  17. mishear
  18. mis-
  19. cook before
  20. not fair
  21. unusual
  22. not happy
  23. not safe
  24. pay before
  25. hear wrongly
  26. unhappy
  27. use again
  28. not common
  29. misplace
  30. visit again
  31. join again
  32. un-
  33. count wrongly
  34. discontinue
  35. heat again
  36. dishonest
  37. preheat
  38. repaint
  39. not lucky
  40. not agree

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