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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 920 · 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 “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  4. 4.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  5. 5.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
  6. 6.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
  7. 7.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  10. 10.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
  11. 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  12. 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  13. 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
  15. 15.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) display
  16. 16.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
  17. 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  18. 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  20. 20.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  21. 21.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) retell
  22. 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  23. 23.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread
  24. 24.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  26. 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  27. 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  29. 29.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  30. 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  31. 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  32. 32.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
  34. 34.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  35. 35.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
  36. 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  37. 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) precount (d) uncount
  38. 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) prewell
  39. 39.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) unrespect (d) misrespect
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly

Answer key

  1. repaint
  2. un-
  3. mis-
  4. not respect
  5. not equal
  6. unhappy
  7. fill again
  8. pre-
  9. re-
  10. not honest
  11. place wrongly
  12. uncommon
  13. not common
  14. rejoin
  15. replay
  16. judge before
  17. unfair
  18. not lucky
  19. disobey
  20. discontinue
  21. retell
  22. hear wrongly
  23. misread
  24. not clear
  25. join again
  26. view before
  27. heat again
  28. misjudge
  29. preheat
  30. unequal
  31. dis-
  32. lead wrongly
  33. dishonest
  34. untidy
  35. rebuild
  36. reheat
  37. miscount
  38. unwell
  39. disrespect
  40. judge wrongly

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