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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 29 · 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 “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) not hear
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view before (d) view again
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  6. 6.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  7. 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  8. 8.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  9. 9.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
  10. 10.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  11. 11.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  14. 14.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  15. 15.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
  16. 16.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  17. 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  19. 19.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) unview (d) disview
  20. 20.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) rerespect (d) unrespect
  21. 21.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  22. 22.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) misjoin
  24. 24.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
  25. 25.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
  26. 26.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
  28. 28.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
  30. 30.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  31. 31.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  33. 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) prewell (d) diswell
  34. 34.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  35. 35.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  37. 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  38. 38.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) unspell (d) prespell
  39. 39.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) ununderstand
  40. 40.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly

Answer key

  1. hear wrongly
  2. un-
  3. view before
  4. mis-
  5. preheat
  6. misbehave
  7. not safe
  8. cook before
  9. unhappy
  10. misuse
  11. recheck
  12. dis-
  13. pre-
  14. reopen
  15. play again
  16. mishear
  17. unfair
  18. re-
  19. preview
  20. disrespect
  21. read wrongly
  22. use again
  23. rejoin
  24. disobey
  25. understand wrongly
  26. not obey
  27. discontinue
  28. count wrongly
  29. misjudge
  30. not lucky
  31. not clear
  32. prejudge
  33. unwell
  34. untidy
  35. judge before
  36. not happy
  37. not honest
  38. misspell
  39. misunderstand
  40. visit again

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