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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 874 · 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 “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
  2. 2.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  3. 3.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) not allow
  4. 4.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) rewell
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) prehear
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  8. 8.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  10. 10.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) respell (d) unspell
  11. 11.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  14. 14.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook before
  15. 15.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  16. 16.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  17. 17.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  19. 19.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
  20. 20.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  21. 21.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  22. 22.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  25. 25.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
  26. 26.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  27. 27.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  29. 29.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
  30. 30.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
  31. 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  32. 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  33. 33.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  34. 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  35. 35.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) reread (c) disread (d) misread
  36. 36.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  37. 37.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
  38. 38.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) preview (d) misview
  39. 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) unplay (d) display
  40. 40.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly

Answer key

  1. preheat
  2. not respect
  3. not allow
  4. unwell
  5. re-
  6. mishear
  7. mis-
  8. visit again
  9. dis-
  10. misspell
  11. use again
  12. pre-
  13. prejudge
  14. cook before
  15. unlucky
  16. misjudge
  17. not kind
  18. un-
  19. rebuild
  20. count wrongly
  21. hear wrongly
  22. paint again
  23. rejoin
  24. unhappy
  25. prepay
  26. not loyal
  27. heat before
  28. misunderstand
  29. untidy
  30. not well
  31. build again
  32. not common
  33. not tidy
  34. misuse
  35. misread
  36. not agree
  37. tell again
  38. preview
  39. replay
  40. join again

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