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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 392 · 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.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  3. 3.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow again
  4. 4.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  10. 10.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) miscommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
  11. 11.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play again (d) play before
  12. 12.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  14. 14.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal again
  15. 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) disclear
  17. 17.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) prelucky
  18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check again
  19. 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) discook
  20. 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  21. 21.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
  22. 22.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) disspell
  24. 24.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
  25. 25.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  26. 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) untell
  27. 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
  28. 28.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  29. 29.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear before
  30. 30.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) prejoin
  31. 31.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
  32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) refair (d) misfair
  33. 33.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  34. 34.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) prelead
  36. 36.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
  38. 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  39. 39.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  40. 40.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. use wrongly
  3. not allow
  4. unkind
  5. mis-
  6. pre-
  7. misjudge
  8. dis-
  9. disobey
  10. uncommon
  11. play again
  12. judge wrongly
  13. un-
  14. not equal
  15. spell wrongly
  16. unclear
  17. unlucky
  18. check again
  19. precook
  20. heat before
  21. unwell
  22. behave wrongly
  23. misspell
  24. place wrongly
  25. unusual
  26. retell
  27. cook before
  28. not happy
  29. hear wrongly
  30. rejoin
  31. misbehave
  32. unfair
  33. not loyal
  34. not agree
  35. mislead
  36. unhappy
  37. unsafe
  38. prejudge
  39. lead wrongly
  40. not kind

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