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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 889 · 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 “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) reread (c) disread (d) misread
  2. 2.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  5. 5.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  6. 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  7. 7.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) uncount (d) miscount
  8. 8.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) rewell (d) diswell
  9. 9.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
  10. 10.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  11. 11.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  14. 14.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  15. 15.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) disvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
  16. 16.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) reloyal
  17. 17.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
  18. 18.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
  19. 19.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  20. 20.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
  21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) well before (d) not well
  25. 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  26. 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  27. 27.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  29. 29.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) not view
  30. 30.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  31. 31.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
  32. 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) dislead
  34. 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  35. 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  36. 36.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
  37. 37.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint before
  38. 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
  39. 39.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) preview (d) unview
  40. 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell

Answer key

  1. misread
  2. misunderstand
  3. re-
  4. mis-
  5. heat again
  6. unequal
  7. miscount
  8. unwell
  9. rewrite
  10. disobey
  11. not kind
  12. pre-
  13. not clear
  14. reuse
  15. revisit
  16. disloyal
  17. hear wrongly
  18. retell
  19. count wrongly
  20. not usual
  21. unhappy
  22. dis-
  23. un-
  24. not well
  25. use wrongly
  26. heat before
  27. visit again
  28. recheck
  29. view before
  30. prepay
  31. disagree
  32. not equal
  33. mislead
  34. unkind
  35. misjudge
  36. not allow
  37. paint again
  38. rejoin
  39. preview
  40. misspell

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