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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 127 · 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 tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  2. 2.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) honest before
  3. 3.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  4. 4.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  5. 5.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  6. 6.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  7. 7.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  8. 8.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  10. 10.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  11. 11.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
  12. 12.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) repay
  13. 13.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) preloyal
  14. 14.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  15. 15.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  17. 17.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
  18. 18.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  19. 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  20. 20.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
  21. 21.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) not cook
  22. 22.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  23. 23.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
  24. 24.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
  25. 25.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  26. 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  27. 27.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  29. 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  30. 30.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) displace
  31. 31.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  35. 35.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  36. 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  37. 37.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
  38. 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  39. 39.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
  40. 40.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well

Answer key

  1. untidy
  2. not honest
  3. repaint
  4. judge wrongly
  5. not allow
  6. not equal
  7. paint again
  8. visit again
  9. mis-
  10. not continue
  11. hear wrongly
  12. prepay
  13. disloyal
  14. misjudge
  15. disallow
  16. pre-
  17. unlucky
  18. lead wrongly
  19. mislead
  20. place wrongly
  21. cook before
  22. not common
  23. check again
  24. not fair
  25. unwell
  26. re-
  27. view before
  28. dis-
  29. not tidy
  30. misplace
  31. reheat
  32. not lucky
  33. unusual
  34. un-
  35. behave wrongly
  36. join again
  37. not respect
  38. spell wrongly
  39. disagree
  40. not well

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