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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 949 · 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 “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) retell (d) mistell
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) not view (d) view before
  6. 6.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) preplace
  7. 7.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  10. 10.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  11. 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  14. 14.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  15. 15.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
  16. 16.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
  17. 17.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  18. 18.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
  19. 19.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  20. 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
  21. 21.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
  22. 22.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  23. 23.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
  24. 24.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) discook (c) miscook (d) precook
  25. 25.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) mislucky
  26. 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  27. 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  28. 28.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  30. 30.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) replay (d) misplay
  31. 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) misusual
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
  33. 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
  34. 34.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  35. 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  36. 36.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) not build (d) build before
  37. 37.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint again
  38. 38.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  39. 39.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) miscommon (d) recommon
  40. 40.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again

Answer key

  1. retell
  2. mis-
  3. judge before
  4. dis-
  5. view before
  6. misplace
  7. disagree
  8. re-
  9. un-
  10. judge wrongly
  11. not happy
  12. pre-
  13. preheat
  14. misspell
  15. misunderstand
  16. unwell
  17. not continue
  18. not fair
  19. unkind
  20. disobey
  21. open again
  22. count wrongly
  23. not kind
  24. precook
  25. unlucky
  26. not equal
  27. tell again
  28. play again
  29. reheat
  30. replay
  31. unusual
  32. not obey
  33. unsafe
  34. reopen
  35. fill again
  36. build again
  37. paint again
  38. not agree
  39. uncommon
  40. not safe

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