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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 198 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  3. 3.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  4. 4.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  5. 5.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) misplace
  6. 6.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  7. 7.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  8. 8.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
  14. 14.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  15. 15.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) disfill
  16. 16.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  18. 18.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) misplay (c) replay (d) display
  19. 19.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead
  20. 20.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  21. 21.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  22. 22.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  23. 23.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
  25. 25.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) prehear
  26. 26.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  27. 27.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) discook
  28. 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) not open
  29. 29.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  30. 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  31. 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build before
  32. 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  33. 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  34. 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
  35. 35.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
  36. 36.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  37. 37.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  38. 38.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  39. 39.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  40. 40.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. spell wrongly
  3. not respect
  4. not honest
  5. misplace
  6. tell again
  7. paint again
  8. not kind
  9. un-
  10. re-
  11. reopen
  12. pre-
  13. judge before
  14. behave wrongly
  15. refill
  16. unsafe
  17. dis-
  18. replay
  19. lead wrongly
  20. unfair
  21. not lucky
  22. place wrongly
  23. not continue
  24. unequal
  25. mishear
  26. revisit
  27. precook
  28. open again
  29. disloyal
  30. not clear
  31. build again
  32. untidy
  33. misunderstand
  34. disagree
  35. not safe
  36. misuse
  37. check again
  38. count wrongly
  39. not loyal
  40. misjudge

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