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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 135 · 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.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) prebehave
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  8. 8.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) distell
  11. 11.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit again
  12. 12.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  13. 13.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  14. 14.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) replace
  15. 15.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
  17. 17.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  18. 18.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) prewrite
  19. 19.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  20. 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  21. 21.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  22. 22.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) open again
  23. 23.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  24. 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
  25. 25.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  26. 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
  27. 27.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  28. 28.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
  29. 29.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  30. 30.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  31. 31.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
  32. 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) preequal
  34. 34.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
  35. 35.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) unread (c) preread (d) reread
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  37. 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  38. 38.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check before
  39. 39.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  40. 40.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before

Answer key

  1. count wrongly
  2. misjudge
  3. un-
  4. dis-
  5. misbehave
  6. mis-
  7. mishear
  8. unhappy
  9. pre-
  10. retell
  11. visit again
  12. reuse
  13. read wrongly
  14. misplace
  15. cook before
  16. not usual
  17. not well
  18. rewrite
  19. recheck
  20. disobey
  21. hear wrongly
  22. open again
  23. prepay
  24. not obey
  25. re-
  26. disrespect
  27. unusual
  28. not clear
  29. use again
  30. heat before
  31. fill again
  32. not honest
  33. unequal
  34. misunderstand
  35. misread
  36. not happy
  37. write again
  38. check again
  39. heat again
  40. lead wrongly

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