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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 285 · 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 “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  2. 2.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) misplace
  3. 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) miswell
  4. 4.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  7. 7.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
  8. 8.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
  9. 9.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
  10. 10.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
  11. 11.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) missafe
  14. 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  15. 15.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  17. 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  20. 20.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  21. 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread
  23. 23.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  24. 24.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) discount
  25. 25.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) not continue
  26. 26.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  28. 28.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  29. 29.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
  30. 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  31. 31.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) check before
  32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  33. 33.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  34. 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
  35. 35.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  36. 36.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  37. 37.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
  39. 39.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) clear before
  40. 40.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again

Answer key

  1. disagree
  2. misplace
  3. unwell
  4. judge wrongly
  5. re-
  6. recheck
  7. not kind
  8. misunderstand
  9. hear wrongly
  10. behave wrongly
  11. unfair
  12. mis-
  13. unsafe
  14. heat before
  15. join again
  16. pre-
  17. not equal
  18. understand wrongly
  19. un-
  20. view before
  21. revisit
  22. misread
  23. preheat
  24. miscount
  25. not continue
  26. use again
  27. misspell
  28. heat again
  29. not honest
  30. unlucky
  31. check again
  32. dis-
  33. disrespect
  34. disobey
  35. paint again
  36. not obey
  37. reheat
  38. untidy
  39. not clear
  40. not lucky

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