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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 254 · 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 “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
  2. 2.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  3. 3.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  4. 4.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) refill
  9. 9.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
  10. 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  13. 13.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  14. 14.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read again (d) read before
  15. 15.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) miswell (d) diswell
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  17. 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  18. 18.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  19. 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  20. 20.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  21. 21.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) missafe
  22. 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  23. 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) misagree
  24. 24.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  25. 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) unlead
  26. 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
  27. 27.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  28. 28.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well before
  29. 29.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) relucky
  30. 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) precook (c) discook (d) miscook
  31. 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
  32. 32.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  33. 33.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) join again
  34. 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) miskind
  35. 35.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  36. 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
  37. 37.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit before
  39. 39.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  40. 40.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly

Answer key

  1. not equal
  2. lead wrongly
  3. hear wrongly
  4. not allow
  5. discontinue
  6. pre-
  7. re-
  8. refill
  9. unfair
  10. not fair
  11. un-
  12. mis-
  13. not continue
  14. read wrongly
  15. unwell
  16. dis-
  17. not common
  18. judge wrongly
  19. not happy
  20. misunderstand
  21. unsafe
  22. pay before
  23. disagree
  24. count wrongly
  25. mislead
  26. view before
  27. not respect
  28. not well
  29. unlucky
  30. precook
  31. open again
  32. dishonest
  33. join again
  34. unkind
  35. revisit
  36. fill again
  37. misbehave
  38. visit again
  39. prejudge
  40. not usual

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