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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 297 · 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 prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) honest before
  3. 3.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  4. 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
  5. 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
  6. 6.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) not view (d) view again
  7. 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  8. 8.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) recook (d) uncook
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  10. 10.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) prewrite
  12. 12.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  13. 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  14. 14.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  15. 15.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  16. 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  17. 17.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  18. 18.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  20. 20.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  26. 26.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  27. 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  28. 28.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
  29. 29.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
  30. 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
  31. 31.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  32. 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
  33. 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) unopen
  34. 34.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  35. 35.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
  36. 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) displace
  37. 37.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
  38. 38.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  39. 39.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
  40. 40.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. not honest
  3. read wrongly
  4. spell wrongly
  5. not clear
  6. view before
  7. not happy
  8. precook
  9. dis-
  10. heat again
  11. rewrite
  12. unlucky
  13. join again
  14. cook before
  15. mishear
  16. not safe
  17. misjudge
  18. disobey
  19. re-
  20. prejudge
  21. un-
  22. lead wrongly
  23. mislead
  24. not well
  25. not kind
  26. reheat
  27. mis-
  28. unsafe
  29. rebuild
  30. not obey
  31. dishonest
  32. untidy
  33. reopen
  34. visit again
  35. disagree
  36. misplace
  37. tell again
  38. disrespect
  39. misbehave
  40. use wrongly

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