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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 896 · 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) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  3. 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) retell
  4. 4.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) unpaint (d) dispaint
  5. 5.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) recook (d) discook
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  7. 7.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) understand before
  8. 8.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
  9. 9.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  10. 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) paint before
  11. 11.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  12. 12.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
  15. 15.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  16. 16.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  17. 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  18. 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read before
  19. 19.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) prelucky
  20. 20.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  21. 21.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  22. 22.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) unrespect
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  24. 24.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  25. 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  26. 26.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
  27. 27.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) misequal (d) disequal
  28. 28.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  29. 29.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  30. 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  31. 31.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  33. 33.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  34. 34.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) unplace
  35. 35.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) disfill (c) unfill (d) misfill
  36. 36.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  37. 37.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  38. 38.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  39. 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) preplay (c) display (d) replay
  40. 40.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. not clear
  3. retell
  4. repaint
  5. precook
  6. dis-
  7. understand wrongly
  8. uncommon
  9. unfair
  10. paint again
  11. heat before
  12. unclear
  13. mis-
  14. not continue
  15. behave wrongly
  16. join again
  17. place wrongly
  18. read wrongly
  19. unlucky
  20. heat again
  21. not tidy
  22. disrespect
  23. un-
  24. misjudge
  25. use wrongly
  26. prejudge
  27. unequal
  28. disobey
  29. pre-
  30. not kind
  31. play again
  32. misunderstand
  33. disloyal
  34. misplace
  35. refill
  36. reuse
  37. tell again
  38. not fair
  39. replay
  40. not respect

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