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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 28 · 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 “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  5. 5.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  6. 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  9. 9.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  10. 10.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) misfill
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  12. 12.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
  13. 13.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) not paint
  16. 16.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) misopen
  17. 17.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  18. 18.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  19. 19.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
  21. 21.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
  22. 22.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
  23. 23.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
  26. 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  27. 27.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  28. 28.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) not tell
  29. 29.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
  30. 30.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) preagree
  31. 31.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  32. 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) ununderstand
  33. 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
  34. 34.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) cook again
  35. 35.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  36. 36.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
  38. 38.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
  39. 39.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  40. 40.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before

Answer key

  1. not obey
  2. pre-
  3. not happy
  4. unusual
  5. misbehave
  6. not common
  7. dis-
  8. revisit
  9. disloyal
  10. refill
  11. re-
  12. spell wrongly
  13. prejudge
  14. mis-
  15. paint again
  16. reopen
  17. unlucky
  18. not kind
  19. write again
  20. miscount
  21. discontinue
  22. not agree
  23. unequal
  24. un-
  25. join again
  26. understand wrongly
  27. fill again
  28. tell again
  29. not fair
  30. disagree
  31. heat again
  32. misunderstand
  33. not lucky
  34. cook before
  35. not tidy
  36. use wrongly
  37. rewrite
  38. dishonest
  39. place wrongly
  40. judge before

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