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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 426 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
  3. 3.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand again
  4. 4.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
  7. 7.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  10. 10.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) refair (d) disfair
  13. 13.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) rehear
  14. 14.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
  15. 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
  16. 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
  17. 17.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  18. 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
  19. 19.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  20. 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  21. 21.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  22. 22.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  24. 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  25. 25.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
  26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) rebehave
  28. 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  29. 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) respell
  30. 30.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
  31. 31.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
  32. 32.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
  33. 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) unvisit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  35. 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  36. 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  37. 37.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
  38. 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
  39. 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. behave wrongly
  3. understand wrongly
  4. disagree
  5. un-
  6. tell again
  7. lead wrongly
  8. disallow
  9. pre-
  10. reuse
  11. dis-
  12. unfair
  13. mishear
  14. hear wrongly
  15. spell wrongly
  16. not happy
  17. reheat
  18. not safe
  19. heat again
  20. paint again
  21. not fair
  22. not continue
  23. re-
  24. preheat
  25. visit again
  26. place wrongly
  27. misbehave
  28. not equal
  29. misspell
  30. judge wrongly
  31. disobey
  32. unhappy
  33. revisit
  34. not lucky
  35. misjudge
  36. recheck
  37. not well
  38. rewrite
  39. open again
  40. build again

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