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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 266 · 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 word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) prejoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  5. 5.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) discook (d) precook
  8. 8.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) misview (c) review (d) unview
  9. 9.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) miscount (c) uncount (d) recount
  10. 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) check again
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  12. 12.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) prebehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
  14. 14.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) misopen
  15. 15.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  16. 16.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  17. 17.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  18. 18.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  19. 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) presafe (d) dissafe
  20. 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  21. 21.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  22. 22.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
  23. 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) reagree
  24. 24.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  25. 25.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
  26. 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  27. 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  28. 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  29. 29.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  30. 30.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  31. 31.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay again
  32. 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) not read
  33. 33.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) not open
  34. 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill again
  35. 35.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread
  36. 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) mistell
  37. 37.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) preallow
  38. 38.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand

Answer key

  1. prejudge
  2. mis-
  3. rejoin
  4. un-
  5. not lucky
  6. re-
  7. precook
  8. preview
  9. miscount
  10. check again
  11. dis-
  12. place wrongly
  13. misbehave
  14. reopen
  15. dishonest
  16. disobey
  17. not tidy
  18. unclear
  19. unsafe
  20. paint again
  21. not loyal
  22. reuse
  23. disagree
  24. not kind
  25. recheck
  26. pre-
  27. use again
  28. write again
  29. mislead
  30. not happy
  31. pay before
  32. read wrongly
  33. open again
  34. fill again
  35. misread
  36. retell
  37. disallow
  38. not obey
  39. preheat
  40. understand wrongly

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