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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 145 · 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) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  2. 2.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well again
  3. 3.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  4. 4.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
  5. 5.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  7. 7.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) not play
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) prewrite
  10. 10.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) understand before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) prebehave
  14. 14.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) misread (c) reread (d) disread
  15. 15.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) misloyal
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue again
  18. 18.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  20. 20.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) misrespect
  21. 21.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  23. 23.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  24. 24.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  26. 26.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  27. 27.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) precount
  28. 28.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  29. 29.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
  30. 30.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) displace
  31. 31.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  32. 32.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  33. 33.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  34. 34.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  35. 35.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  36. 36.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
  37. 37.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  39. 39.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  40. 40.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) prehear

Answer key

  1. dishonest
  2. not well
  3. not tidy
  4. unwell
  5. not honest
  6. dis-
  7. play again
  8. mis-
  9. rewrite
  10. understand wrongly
  11. re-
  12. pre-
  13. misbehave
  14. misread
  15. disloyal
  16. un-
  17. not continue
  18. judge before
  19. rebuild
  20. disrespect
  21. disobey
  22. unclear
  23. disallow
  24. judge wrongly
  25. place wrongly
  26. misjudge
  27. miscount
  28. reheat
  29. not allow
  30. misplace
  31. recheck
  32. not safe
  33. tell again
  34. pay before
  35. write again
  36. not obey
  37. lead wrongly
  38. not equal
  39. use wrongly
  40. mishear

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