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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 347 · 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 “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
  6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
  7. 7.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again
  8. 8.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) replay (d) unplay
  13. 13.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) preagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  14. 14.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  15. 15.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  16. 16.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  17. 17.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
  18. 18.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
  20. 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) reobey
  21. 21.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  22. 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
  25. 25.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  26. 26.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  27. 27.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
  28. 28.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) refair
  29. 29.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
  30. 30.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  32. 32.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) disbehave
  33. 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  34. 34.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) not write
  35. 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  36. 36.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  37. 37.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) diskind (c) prekind (d) miskind
  40. 40.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread

Answer key

  1. not respect
  2. mis-
  3. prejudge
  4. pre-
  5. discontinue
  6. uncommon
  7. open again
  8. not fair
  9. re-
  10. not safe
  11. dis-
  12. replay
  13. disagree
  14. untidy
  15. not honest
  16. play again
  17. spell wrongly
  18. heat again
  19. rejoin
  20. disobey
  21. misplace
  22. pay before
  23. un-
  24. unhappy
  25. not common
  26. misuse
  27. reuse
  28. unfair
  29. not continue
  30. use wrongly
  31. unwell
  32. misbehave
  33. not lucky
  34. write again
  35. unclear
  36. build again
  37. hear wrongly
  38. unsafe
  39. unkind
  40. misread

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