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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 18 · 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 “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  4. 4.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) disunderstand
  5. 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  6. 6.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  7. 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) review (d) misview
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  13. 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) diskind
  14. 14.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  15. 15.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
  16. 16.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  17. 17.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  18. 18.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  19. 19.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  20. 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  22. 22.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
  23. 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  24. 24.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  25. 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  26. 26.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  27. 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  28. 28.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  29. 29.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  30. 30.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  31. 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) reusual
  32. 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  34. 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  35. 35.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) unpaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  36. 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
  37. 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  38. 38.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand before

Answer key

  1. not lucky
  2. un-
  3. not agree
  4. misunderstand
  5. not happy
  6. use wrongly
  7. judge before
  8. re-
  9. not respect
  10. dis-
  11. preview
  12. mis-
  13. unkind
  14. not safe
  15. misuse
  16. cook before
  17. read wrongly
  18. dishonest
  19. view before
  20. heat before
  21. untidy
  22. misbehave
  23. pre-
  24. join again
  25. not obey
  26. not tidy
  27. tell again
  28. heat again
  29. not loyal
  30. unclear
  31. unusual
  32. not well
  33. mishear
  34. preheat
  35. repaint
  36. not continue
  37. not equal
  38. misspell
  39. unsafe
  40. understand wrongly

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