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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 942 · 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 prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) rewell
  4. 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
  5. 5.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
  7. 7.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  8. 8.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
  10. 10.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  13. 13.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
  14. 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) pretell (c) untell (d) distell
  15. 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
  16. 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  17. 17.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  18. 18.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  19. 19.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  20. 20.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand
  21. 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
  22. 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  23. 23.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  24. 24.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  25. 25.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) respell (d) misspell
  26. 26.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  27. 27.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  28. 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  29. 29.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  30. 30.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) preplay (d) replay
  31. 31.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
  32. 32.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  33. 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  34. 34.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) not agree
  35. 35.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) misfill
  36. 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  37. 37.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) misjoin (d) rejoin
  39. 39.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  40. 40.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. re-
  3. unwell
  4. rewrite
  5. not common
  6. unhappy
  7. paint again
  8. count wrongly
  9. unfair
  10. not equal
  11. pre-
  12. reopen
  13. not loyal
  14. retell
  15. hear wrongly
  16. not kind
  17. revisit
  18. unequal
  19. spell wrongly
  20. understand wrongly
  21. write again
  22. not well
  23. not usual
  24. dishonest
  25. misspell
  26. misuse
  27. misjudge
  28. open again
  29. untidy
  30. replay
  31. repaint
  32. heat again
  33. un-
  34. not agree
  35. refill
  36. mishear
  37. check again
  38. rejoin
  39. mis-
  40. pay before

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