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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 215 · 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 “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  3. 3.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  4. 4.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  5. 5.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) unwell
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  8. 8.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) prejoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  10. 10.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open again (d) open wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  12. 12.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  13. 13.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) pretell (d) retell
  15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  16. 16.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  19. 19.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) hear again
  20. 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
  21. 21.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey again
  22. 22.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) unhear
  23. 23.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) unloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
  24. 24.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  25. 25.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  26. 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
  27. 27.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  28. 28.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  29. 29.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  30. 30.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  31. 31.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
  32. 32.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  33. 33.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
  34. 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  35. 35.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
  36. 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
  37. 37.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
  39. 39.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  40. 40.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) precount (d) miscount

Answer key

  1. judge before
  2. disrespect
  3. not continue
  4. use again
  5. unwell
  6. pre-
  7. not common
  8. not happy
  9. rejoin
  10. open again
  11. unclear
  12. heat again
  13. not honest
  14. retell
  15. mis-
  16. join again
  17. un-
  18. re-
  19. hear wrongly
  20. reheat
  21. not obey
  22. mishear
  23. disloyal
  24. tell again
  25. disagree
  26. unhappy
  27. not equal
  28. reuse
  29. count wrongly
  30. not lucky
  31. misbehave
  32. unequal
  33. repaint
  34. not tidy
  35. rebuild
  36. fill again
  37. not usual
  38. misunderstand
  39. unlucky
  40. miscount

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