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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 161 · 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 “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
  2. 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  3. 3.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  4. 4.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  7. 7.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  10. 10.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) refair
  11. 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  12. 12.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook before
  13. 13.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
  14. 14.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  15. 15.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  16. 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  17. 17.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) reread (c) preread (d) misread
  18. 18.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  19. 19.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) unspell
  20. 20.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  21. 21.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  22. 22.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
  23. 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  24. 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  25. 25.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) prerespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
  26. 26.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  27. 27.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  28. 28.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  29. 29.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
  30. 30.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  31. 31.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
  32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  33. 33.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
  35. 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear before
  36. 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  37. 37.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  38. 38.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  40. 40.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly

Answer key

  1. recheck
  2. behave wrongly
  3. unlucky
  4. not fair
  5. un-
  6. read wrongly
  7. place wrongly
  8. mis-
  9. join again
  10. unfair
  11. not lucky
  12. cook before
  13. not honest
  14. untidy
  15. judge wrongly
  16. not equal
  17. misread
  18. heat again
  19. misspell
  20. unwell
  21. not loyal
  22. prejudge
  23. not common
  24. not tidy
  25. disrespect
  26. count wrongly
  27. re-
  28. preheat
  29. not safe
  30. pre-
  31. not usual
  32. dis-
  33. play again
  34. misbehave
  35. not clear
  36. unequal
  37. build again
  38. not continue
  39. unsafe
  40. view before

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