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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 311 · 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 “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) not view
  2. 2.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) miswrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) preloyal (c) unloyal (d) misloyal
  8. 8.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  9. 9.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
  10. 10.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  11. 11.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
  12. 12.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  13. 13.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  14. 14.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  15. 15.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
  16. 16.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) displace
  17. 17.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  18. 18.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) disspell
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  20. 20.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) refair
  21. 21.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  22. 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) not hear
  23. 23.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) retell (d) distell
  24. 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  25. 25.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  26. 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  27. 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) unlead
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  29. 29.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  30. 30.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  31. 31.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
  32. 32.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) prepay
  34. 34.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
  35. 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) prebehave (d) disbehave
  36. 36.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
  37. 37.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
  38. 38.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) discheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
  40. 40.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-

Answer key

  1. view before
  2. rewrite
  3. pre-
  4. heat again
  5. disobey
  6. re-
  7. disloyal
  8. visit again
  9. not usual
  10. not happy
  11. disagree
  12. mishear
  13. not equal
  14. fill again
  15. heat before
  16. misplace
  17. judge wrongly
  18. misspell
  19. dis-
  20. unfair
  21. not obey
  22. hear wrongly
  23. retell
  24. not tidy
  25. count wrongly
  26. use wrongly
  27. mislead
  28. un-
  29. not clear
  30. paint again
  31. pay before
  32. not respect
  33. prepay
  34. unequal
  35. misbehave
  36. behave wrongly
  37. discontinue
  38. use again
  39. recheck
  40. mis-

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