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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 184 · 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 “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  4. 4.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  5. 5.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) prelead
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  7. 7.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  8. 8.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  9. 9.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  10. 10.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  11. 11.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  15. 15.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
  16. 16.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  18. 18.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) unhear (d) rehear
  19. 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  20. 20.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) precook (d) uncook
  21. 21.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) not join (d) join again
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) preclear
  23. 23.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  25. 25.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
  26. 26.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) reallow
  27. 27.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
  28. 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
  29. 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) disfill (d) refill
  30. 30.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  31. 31.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) prefair
  32. 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  34. 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  35. 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
  36. 36.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) uncontinue
  37. 37.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  38. 38.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
  39. 39.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook before
  40. 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) read before (d) not read

Answer key

  1. use again
  2. pre-
  3. misbehave
  4. prejudge
  5. mislead
  6. dis-
  7. not honest
  8. not lucky
  9. not safe
  10. build again
  11. not respect
  12. mis-
  13. un-
  14. pay before
  15. reopen
  16. judge before
  17. re-
  18. mishear
  19. not tidy
  20. precook
  21. join again
  22. unclear
  23. visit again
  24. not happy
  25. behave wrongly
  26. disallow
  27. disrespect
  28. rejoin
  29. refill
  30. heat again
  31. unfair
  32. not common
  33. unwell
  34. preheat
  35. not clear
  36. discontinue
  37. misspell
  38. unhappy
  39. cook before
  40. read wrongly

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