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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 308 · 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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  2. 2.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  3. 3.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) uncook (d) precook
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
  7. 7.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  8. 8.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) unplace
  14. 14.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  15. 15.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  16. 16.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  17. 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) miskind (d) diskind
  19. 19.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
  20. 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) well before (d) not well
  21. 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) misread (d) unread
  23. 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  24. 24.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
  25. 25.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  26. 26.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  27. 27.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  28. 28.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
  29. 29.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) unplay (c) replay (d) preplay
  30. 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  31. 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
  33. 33.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
  34. 34.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  35. 35.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) dislead
  36. 36.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
  37. 37.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  38. 38.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  39. 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  40. 40.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) not count

Answer key

  1. not happy
  2. not obey
  3. precook
  4. mis-
  5. lead wrongly
  6. recheck
  7. open again
  8. use again
  9. pre-
  10. untidy
  11. un-
  12. dis-
  13. misplace
  14. not agree
  15. discontinue
  16. unequal
  17. cook before
  18. unkind
  19. repaint
  20. not well
  21. re-
  22. misread
  23. read wrongly
  24. misbehave
  25. not respect
  26. misjudge
  27. play again
  28. unclear
  29. replay
  30. disobey
  31. heat before
  32. reopen
  33. join again
  34. unsafe
  35. mislead
  36. heat again
  37. behave wrongly
  38. not continue
  39. unusual
  40. count wrongly

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