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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 180 · 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 prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
  4. 4.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
  5. 5.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  6. 6.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) not continue
  7. 7.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
  8. 8.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) recount
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  11. 11.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  12. 12.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  15. 15.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  16. 16.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  18. 18.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) prehappy (d) dishappy
  19. 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) preclear
  20. 20.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) disfill
  21. 21.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) not play
  22. 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) rehear
  24. 24.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  25. 25.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  26. 26.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
  27. 27.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  28. 28.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  29. 29.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  30. 30.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread
  31. 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  32. 32.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) mishonest
  34. 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  35. 35.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  36. 36.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  37. 37.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
  39. 39.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) recook
  40. 40.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) misfair

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. mis-
  3. prejudge
  4. revisit
  5. use again
  6. not continue
  7. read wrongly
  8. miscount
  9. un-
  10. misbehave
  11. repaint
  12. misspell
  13. dis-
  14. pre-
  15. visit again
  16. not agree
  17. unsafe
  18. unhappy
  19. unclear
  20. refill
  21. play again
  22. not safe
  23. mishear
  24. disobey
  25. reuse
  26. misjudge
  27. use wrongly
  28. disallow
  29. rejoin
  30. misread
  31. not well
  32. write again
  33. dishonest
  34. behave wrongly
  35. not tidy
  36. tell again
  37. check again
  38. not happy
  39. precook
  40. unfair

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