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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 131 · 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 honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
  2. 2.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
  3. 3.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  5. 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  6. 6.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  11. 11.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  12. 12.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) preview (c) misview (d) disview
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  14. 14.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  15. 15.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
  16. 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) reread (d) misread
  18. 18.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
  19. 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  20. 20.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  21. 21.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  22. 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) not well
  23. 23.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  25. 25.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) lead again
  26. 26.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  27. 27.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  28. 28.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  29. 29.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) preplay
  30. 30.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  31. 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  32. 32.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  34. 34.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  35. 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  36. 36.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  37. 37.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
  39. 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  40. 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before

Answer key

  1. dishonest
  2. misbehave
  3. behave wrongly
  4. re-
  5. not happy
  6. heat before
  7. dis-
  8. disallow
  9. pre-
  10. un-
  11. tell again
  12. preview
  13. mis-
  14. preheat
  15. misunderstand
  16. not kind
  17. misread
  18. build again
  19. unclear
  20. not safe
  21. pay before
  22. not well
  23. not honest
  24. unhappy
  25. lead wrongly
  26. write again
  27. mishear
  28. not loyal
  29. replay
  30. disloyal
  31. misjudge
  32. hear wrongly
  33. recheck
  34. unequal
  35. play again
  36. judge before
  37. place wrongly
  38. reopen
  39. use again
  40. not clear

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