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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 911 · 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) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) untell
  6. 6.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
  7. 7.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  8. 8.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  9. 9.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  10. 10.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  11. 11.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
  12. 12.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  14. 14.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
  15. 15.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) not safe
  16. 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  17. 17.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) diswell
  18. 18.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  20. 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  21. 21.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) review (d) disview
  22. 22.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  24. 24.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  25. 25.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) understand again
  26. 26.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) recook (d) uncook
  27. 27.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view again (d) view wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
  29. 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) unfill
  30. 30.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  32. 32.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
  33. 33.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
  35. 35.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) prefair
  36. 36.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) dislead
  37. 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
  38. 38.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  39. 39.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) misread (d) reread
  40. 40.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect

Answer key

  1. not clear
  2. dis-
  3. pre-
  4. un-
  5. retell
  6. open again
  7. heat again
  8. lead wrongly
  9. not agree
  10. not equal
  11. tell again
  12. use wrongly
  13. mis-
  14. not continue
  15. not safe
  16. not kind
  17. unwell
  18. count wrongly
  19. uncommon
  20. disobey
  21. preview
  22. not obey
  23. re-
  24. unsafe
  25. understand wrongly
  26. precook
  27. view before
  28. rejoin
  29. refill
  30. misunderstand
  31. unkind
  32. cook before
  33. not common
  34. not lucky
  35. unfair
  36. mislead
  37. unlucky
  38. not fair
  39. misread
  40. disrespect

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