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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 92 · 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 clear”? (a) unclear (b) misclear (c) reclear (d) disclear
  2. 2.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  5. 5.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  7. 7.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  10. 10.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  13. 13.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
  14. 14.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) dislead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  16. 16.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read before (d) read again
  17. 17.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  18. 18.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  19. 19.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  20. 20.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  21. 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  22. 22.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) refair
  23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  24. 24.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  26. 26.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  27. 27.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) misopen
  28. 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  29. 29.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) misloyal
  30. 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  31. 31.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) dispay (d) mispay
  32. 32.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
  33. 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
  34. 34.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  35. 35.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) misread (c) unread (d) preread
  36. 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
  37. 37.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) unhear
  38. 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
  39. 39.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand

Answer key

  1. unclear
  2. use wrongly
  3. dis-
  4. not happy
  5. use again
  6. reheat
  7. write again
  8. pre-
  9. mis-
  10. fill again
  11. reuse
  12. not tidy
  13. precook
  14. mislead
  15. judge before
  16. read wrongly
  17. behave wrongly
  18. place wrongly
  19. heat again
  20. dishonest
  21. revisit
  22. unfair
  23. re-
  24. repaint
  25. un-
  26. prejudge
  27. reopen
  28. not equal
  29. disloyal
  30. not kind
  31. prepay
  32. open again
  33. lead wrongly
  34. not obey
  35. misread
  36. unequal
  37. mishear
  38. not clear
  39. check again
  40. misunderstand

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