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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 386 · 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 “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  2. 2.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
  3. 3.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  6. 6.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) discook
  7. 7.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) repay
  8. 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  10. 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  12. 12.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
  13. 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
  14. 14.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  15. 15.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
  16. 16.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
  17. 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
  18. 18.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) happy again
  19. 19.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) disread (c) misread (d) unread
  20. 20.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
  21. 21.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
  22. 22.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  23. 23.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  24. 24.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  25. 25.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  28. 28.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
  29. 29.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) mislucky
  30. 30.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  31. 31.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  32. 32.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  33. 33.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  34. 34.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) preallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  35. 35.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
  36. 36.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  37. 37.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
  38. 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  40. 40.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) discount

Answer key

  1. not safe
  2. disrespect
  3. unequal
  4. re-
  5. mishear
  6. precook
  7. prepay
  8. hear wrongly
  9. pre-
  10. not fair
  11. mis-
  12. play again
  13. not allow
  14. misuse
  15. not usual
  16. rewrite
  17. cook before
  18. not happy
  19. misread
  20. fill again
  21. not respect
  22. not loyal
  23. heat again
  24. untidy
  25. reheat
  26. un-
  27. dis-
  28. disagree
  29. unlucky
  30. prejudge
  31. not honest
  32. unsafe
  33. not well
  34. disallow
  35. unwell
  36. not clear
  37. disobey
  38. behave wrongly
  39. judge wrongly
  40. miscount

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