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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 916 · 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 “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) precount (c) discount (d) uncount
  2. 2.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
  3. 3.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) precommon
  4. 4.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) prerespect (c) misrespect (d) disrespect
  9. 9.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  10. 10.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  13. 13.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  14. 14.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  15. 15.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  16. 16.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell again
  17. 17.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  19. 19.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  21. 21.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  23. 23.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) well again
  24. 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  25. 25.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  27. 27.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) precontinue (d) uncontinue
  28. 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
  29. 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) disspell
  30. 30.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) prefair
  31. 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  32. 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
  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) disuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  35. 35.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  36. 36.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  37. 37.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) prehappy
  38. 38.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  39. 39.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  40. 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before

Answer key

  1. miscount
  2. disloyal
  3. uncommon
  4. unequal
  5. dis-
  6. pay before
  7. mis-
  8. disrespect
  9. unsafe
  10. cook before
  11. re-
  12. pre-
  13. read wrongly
  14. use again
  15. join again
  16. spell wrongly
  17. reopen
  18. understand wrongly
  19. not continue
  20. disagree
  21. fill again
  22. misplace
  23. not well
  24. visit again
  25. reuse
  26. un-
  27. discontinue
  28. revisit
  29. misspell
  30. unfair
  31. misjudge
  32. untidy
  33. not tidy
  34. misuse
  35. heat before
  36. place wrongly
  37. unhappy
  38. not safe
  39. not equal
  40. paint again

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