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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 294 · 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 again (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  4. 4.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) preread (d) misread
  6. 6.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  7. 7.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
  8. 8.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  9. 9.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) unfill
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  14. 14.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  15. 15.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  16. 16.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  17. 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  18. 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  19. 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  21. 21.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) dispay
  22. 22.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  23. 23.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
  24. 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  26. 26.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) replay (d) preplay
  27. 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  28. 28.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) prehonest
  29. 29.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
  30. 30.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
  31. 31.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  32. 32.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
  33. 33.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  34. 34.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  35. 35.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  36. 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) dissafe
  37. 37.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  38. 38.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  39. 39.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  40. 40.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) preunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand

Answer key

  1. hear wrongly
  2. dis-
  3. place wrongly
  4. not usual
  5. misread
  6. reuse
  7. lead wrongly
  8. unhappy
  9. refill
  10. re-
  11. mis-
  12. un-
  13. untidy
  14. join again
  15. not equal
  16. fill again
  17. not common
  18. misbehave
  19. not happy
  20. pre-
  21. prepay
  22. not obey
  23. check again
  24. read wrongly
  25. not agree
  26. replay
  27. cook before
  28. dishonest
  29. not honest
  30. write again
  31. unequal
  32. not clear
  33. unfair
  34. use again
  35. use wrongly
  36. unsafe
  37. misjudge
  38. not well
  39. mishear
  40. misunderstand

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