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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 134 · 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 agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
  2. 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
  3. 3.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) rehear
  4. 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  8. 8.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
  9. 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) preplace
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  14. 14.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  15. 15.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay again
  16. 16.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  18. 18.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
  19. 19.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
  20. 20.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  21. 21.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
  22. 22.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) prerespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
  23. 23.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) distell
  24. 24.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) unhappy
  27. 27.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  28. 28.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  29. 29.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) read before
  30. 30.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  31. 31.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
  32. 32.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  33. 33.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) misfill
  34. 34.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  35. 35.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  36. 36.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
  37. 37.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  39. 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again

Answer key

  1. disagree
  2. not usual
  3. mishear
  4. dishonest
  5. dis-
  6. cook before
  7. pre-
  8. not well
  9. misplace
  10. un-
  11. revisit
  12. re-
  13. unusual
  14. not honest
  15. pay before
  16. miscount
  17. mis-
  18. not continue
  19. not lucky
  20. rewrite
  21. behave wrongly
  22. disrespect
  23. retell
  24. lead wrongly
  25. place wrongly
  26. unhappy
  27. hear wrongly
  28. heat before
  29. read wrongly
  30. untidy
  31. reopen
  32. misjudge
  33. refill
  34. not fair
  35. not tidy
  36. rebuild
  37. fill again
  38. visit again
  39. spell wrongly
  40. judge wrongly

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