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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 867 · 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 “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  2. 2.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
  3. 3.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  4. 4.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) not safe
  5. 5.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) ununderstand
  6. 6.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) misclear
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  8. 8.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  9. 9.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  11. 11.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  12. 12.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
  13. 13.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  15. 15.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  16. 16.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  17. 17.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  18. 18.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) displace
  19. 19.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  20. 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell again
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  22. 22.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
  23. 23.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) preagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  26. 26.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
  27. 27.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay again
  28. 28.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) precount (d) miscount
  29. 29.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) reread (c) preread (d) misread
  30. 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) precook (d) miscook
  31. 31.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  32. 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
  33. 33.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
  34. 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
  35. 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
  36. 36.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  37. 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
  39. 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
  40. 40.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) disopen (c) preopen (d) reopen

Answer key

  1. not clear
  2. play again
  3. unusual
  4. not safe
  5. misunderstand
  6. unclear
  7. mis-
  8. not common
  9. judge wrongly
  10. pre-
  11. not tidy
  12. not agree
  13. not kind
  14. re-
  15. mishear
  16. heat again
  17. paint again
  18. misplace
  19. unfair
  20. spell wrongly
  21. un-
  22. misspell
  23. judge before
  24. not happy
  25. disagree
  26. unwell
  27. pay before
  28. miscount
  29. misread
  30. precook
  31. use wrongly
  32. disobey
  33. not equal
  34. misbehave
  35. unequal
  36. dis-
  37. rebuild
  38. visit again
  39. open again
  40. reopen

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