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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 182 · 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 “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
  2. 2.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  3. 3.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) misfair
  4. 4.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  10. 10.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  12. 12.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  13. 13.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) respell
  14. 14.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  15. 15.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
  16. 16.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
  17. 17.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) unview (c) misview (d) preview
  18. 18.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  19. 19.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  20. 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) disclear
  21. 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
  22. 22.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  23. 23.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  27. 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  28. 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  29. 29.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
  30. 30.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  31. 31.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead again
  32. 32.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  34. 34.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
  35. 35.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  36. 36.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  37. 37.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  38. 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  39. 39.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) recook (d) precook

Answer key

  1. behave wrongly
  2. not respect
  3. unfair
  4. reheat
  5. re-
  6. un-
  7. mis-
  8. dis-
  9. count wrongly
  10. reuse
  11. pre-
  12. not clear
  13. misspell
  14. spell wrongly
  15. pay before
  16. prejudge
  17. preview
  18. misjudge
  19. heat before
  20. unclear
  21. miscount
  22. unhappy
  23. open again
  24. not happy
  25. join again
  26. unusual
  27. not common
  28. not lucky
  29. paint again
  30. mislead
  31. lead wrongly
  32. cook before
  33. reopen
  34. uncommon
  35. not honest
  36. rewrite
  37. not tidy
  38. rejoin
  39. hear wrongly
  40. precook

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