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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 939 · 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 “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check again (d) check wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  8. 8.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) rewell
  9. 9.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  10. 10.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  11. 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  12. 12.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  13. 13.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  14. 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) distell
  16. 16.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  17. 17.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  18. 18.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
  19. 19.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
  20. 20.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  22. 22.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
  23. 23.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
  24. 24.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  25. 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  26. 26.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  27. 27.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
  28. 28.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  29. 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) respell (d) unspell
  30. 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) discook (d) precook
  31. 31.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  32. 32.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
  34. 34.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
  35. 35.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) uncontinue (d) discontinue
  36. 36.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  37. 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  38. 38.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread
  40. 40.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect again

Answer key

  1. check again
  2. re-
  3. misunderstand
  4. mis-
  5. dis-
  6. pre-
  7. not common
  8. unwell
  9. open again
  10. not well
  11. not equal
  12. rebuild
  13. count wrongly
  14. heat before
  15. retell
  16. mishear
  17. read wrongly
  18. not agree
  19. revisit
  20. judge wrongly
  21. un-
  22. misjudge
  23. reuse
  24. judge before
  25. untidy
  26. not kind
  27. pay before
  28. recheck
  29. misspell
  30. precook
  31. not clear
  32. not safe
  33. unlucky
  34. disrespect
  35. discontinue
  36. not obey
  37. misuse
  38. write again
  39. misread
  40. not respect

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