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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 876 · 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 “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  2. 2.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  3. 3.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  4. 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) miscontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
  5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) discook (d) uncook
  8. 8.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  9. 9.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before
  10. 10.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  11. 11.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  15. 15.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) not read (d) read wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  18. 18.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
  19. 19.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  20. 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread
  23. 23.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  24. 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  25. 25.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  26. 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) unplace (c) preplace (d) replace
  28. 28.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build before
  29. 29.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  30. 30.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  31. 31.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) mispay
  32. 32.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  33. 33.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  34. 34.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  36. 36.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  37. 37.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  39. 39.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
  40. 40.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) not check (d) check before

Answer key

  1. unhappy
  2. not obey
  3. dishonest
  4. discontinue
  5. preheat
  6. re-
  7. precook
  8. count wrongly
  9. not agree
  10. spell wrongly
  11. not fair
  12. pre-
  13. un-
  14. judge before
  15. read wrongly
  16. prejudge
  17. dis-
  18. misunderstand
  19. not well
  20. not happy
  21. mis-
  22. misread
  23. pay before
  24. not tidy
  25. reuse
  26. visit again
  27. misplace
  28. build again
  29. not honest
  30. rebuild
  31. prepay
  32. cook before
  33. not continue
  34. heat before
  35. misspell
  36. judge wrongly
  37. open again
  38. untidy
  39. unwell
  40. check again

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