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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 228 · 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) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  3. 3.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  4. 4.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) prelucky
  12. 12.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) prebehave
  13. 13.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
  14. 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) not count (d) count before
  15. 15.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  16. 16.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
  17. 17.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  18. 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
  19. 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) unlead
  20. 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  21. 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) write before (d) not write
  22. 22.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
  23. 23.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) precount (d) miscount
  24. 24.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  25. 25.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  26. 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  27. 27.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  28. 28.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  29. 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  31. 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) misusual
  32. 32.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  33. 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
  34. 34.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  35. 35.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
  36. 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  37. 37.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  38. 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
  39. 39.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. judge before
  3. untidy
  4. rebuild
  5. dis-
  6. un-
  7. dishonest
  8. mis-
  9. misplace
  10. pre-
  11. unlucky
  12. misbehave
  13. not honest
  14. count wrongly
  15. prepay
  16. read wrongly
  17. not kind
  18. unsafe
  19. mislead
  20. misjudge
  21. write again
  22. preheat
  23. miscount
  24. rejoin
  25. reheat
  26. unequal
  27. not obey
  28. place wrongly
  29. not tidy
  30. not equal
  31. unusual
  32. heat before
  33. not safe
  34. paint again
  35. view before
  36. fill again
  37. not clear
  38. behave wrongly
  39. join again
  40. build again

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