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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 379 · 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 “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
  2. 2.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  3. 3.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
  6. 6.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
  7. 7.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) not join
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  11. 11.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  12. 12.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
  15. 15.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) diskind
  16. 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) not obey
  17. 17.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  18. 18.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) misrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  19. 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  20. 20.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  22. 22.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) relead (d) mislead
  23. 23.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  24. 24.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) uncount (c) recount (d) precount
  25. 25.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  26. 26.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  27. 27.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  28. 28.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
  29. 29.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  30. 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  31. 31.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  32. 32.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect again
  33. 33.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  35. 35.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) repay (c) dispay (d) mispay
  36. 36.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  37. 37.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
  38. 38.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) not well
  39. 39.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
  40. 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before

Answer key

  1. read wrongly
  2. spell wrongly
  3. not equal
  4. dis-
  5. tell again
  6. understand wrongly
  7. join again
  8. pre-
  9. lead wrongly
  10. mis-
  11. count wrongly
  12. revisit
  13. re-
  14. hear wrongly
  15. unkind
  16. not obey
  17. not kind
  18. disrespect
  19. not happy
  20. not honest
  21. untidy
  22. mislead
  23. heat again
  24. miscount
  25. not common
  26. not safe
  27. not loyal
  28. reheat
  29. disobey
  30. view before
  31. judge before
  32. not respect
  33. misuse
  34. un-
  35. prepay
  36. not tidy
  37. rejoin
  38. not well
  39. cook before
  40. not agree

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