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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 864 · 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 prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  3. 3.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) not usual
  4. 4.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
  5. 5.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) rehear
  6. 6.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue before
  7. 7.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  8. 8.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) ununderstand
  9. 9.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  10. 10.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  11. 11.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  12. 12.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  13. 13.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  14. 14.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  16. 16.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  17. 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) refair
  18. 18.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  19. 19.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
  20. 20.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  22. 22.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  23. 23.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  24. 24.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) recount (d) miscount
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  26. 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
  27. 27.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  28. 28.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) mispaint (d) dispaint
  29. 29.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
  30. 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  31. 31.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  32. 32.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  33. 33.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  34. 34.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  35. 35.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  36. 36.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  37. 37.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  39. 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  40. 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. unkind
  3. not usual
  4. not lucky
  5. mishear
  6. not continue
  7. unhappy
  8. misunderstand
  9. use again
  10. not respect
  11. build again
  12. dishonest
  13. behave wrongly
  14. open again
  15. dis-
  16. unusual
  17. unfair
  18. not well
  19. not fair
  20. view before
  21. pre-
  22. judge wrongly
  23. not kind
  24. miscount
  25. un-
  26. understand wrongly
  27. not happy
  28. repaint
  29. fill again
  30. unequal
  31. mis-
  32. uncommon
  33. tell again
  34. unwell
  35. write again
  36. not tidy
  37. not obey
  38. not clear
  39. reopen
  40. read wrongly

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