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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 356 · 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 “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  5. 5.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  9. 9.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  11. 11.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect before
  12. 12.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  13. 13.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
  14. 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) untell
  15. 15.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
  16. 16.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  17. 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  18. 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  19. 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) refill
  20. 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) unobey
  21. 21.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) unplay (d) preplay
  22. 22.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  23. 23.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  24. 24.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  25. 25.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  26. 26.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  27. 27.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  28. 28.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  29. 29.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) reread (d) misread
  30. 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
  31. 31.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
  32. 32.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  33. 33.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) misplace
  34. 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
  36. 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  37. 37.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) check before
  38. 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  39. 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) unopen
  40. 40.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-

Answer key

  1. judge before
  2. pre-
  3. not kind
  4. re-
  5. not honest
  6. mis-
  7. not equal
  8. un-
  9. not loyal
  10. dishonest
  11. not respect
  12. heat again
  13. not usual
  14. retell
  15. unlucky
  16. not tidy
  17. not safe
  18. misbehave
  19. refill
  20. disobey
  21. replay
  22. repaint
  23. mislead
  24. mishear
  25. reuse
  26. unwell
  27. not fair
  28. not well
  29. misread
  30. not obey
  31. not allow
  32. preheat
  33. misplace
  34. not common
  35. discontinue
  36. join again
  37. check again
  38. prejudge
  39. reopen
  40. dis-

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