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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 929 · 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 happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) rehappy
  2. 2.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) uncook
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) miskind
  5. 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  8. 8.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
  9. 9.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  14. 14.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  15. 15.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
  16. 16.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  18. 18.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
  19. 19.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  20. 20.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  21. 21.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
  22. 22.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  23. 23.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  24. 24.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) prehear
  25. 25.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  26. 26.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
  27. 27.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) build again (d) not build
  28. 28.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  29. 29.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  30. 30.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) check before
  31. 31.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
  32. 32.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead before
  33. 33.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
  34. 34.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
  35. 35.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  36. 36.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  37. 37.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) relead
  38. 38.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) not play
  39. 39.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand again
  40. 40.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair

Answer key

  1. unhappy
  2. precook
  3. pre-
  4. unkind
  5. not clear
  6. dis-
  7. untidy
  8. pay before
  9. repaint
  10. un-
  11. fill again
  12. unfair
  13. re-
  14. open again
  15. reuse
  16. not allow
  17. mis-
  18. count wrongly
  19. unwell
  20. judge wrongly
  21. not honest
  22. read wrongly
  23. use again
  24. mishear
  25. unusual
  26. uncommon
  27. build again
  28. misunderstand
  29. judge before
  30. check again
  31. not safe
  32. lead wrongly
  33. unequal
  34. disrespect
  35. hear wrongly
  36. not obey
  37. mislead
  38. play again
  39. understand wrongly
  40. not fair

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