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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 441 · 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 word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) disfill
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
  4. 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  5. 5.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) recount
  9. 9.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  10. 10.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
  15. 15.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  16. 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  17. 17.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  18. 18.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  19. 19.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) prewell
  20. 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy before
  21. 21.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  22. 22.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  23. 23.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) understand again
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
  25. 25.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  26. 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) untell
  27. 27.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  28. 28.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  29. 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) unspell
  30. 30.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  31. 31.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  32. 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
  34. 34.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  35. 35.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) dishear
  36. 36.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) display (d) misplay
  37. 37.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  38. 38.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  40. 40.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly

Answer key

  1. refill
  2. un-
  3. read wrongly
  4. misuse
  5. not respect
  6. pre-
  7. dis-
  8. miscount
  9. check again
  10. behave wrongly
  11. re-
  12. untidy
  13. mis-
  14. play again
  15. judge wrongly
  16. recheck
  17. reheat
  18. not obey
  19. unwell
  20. not happy
  21. join again
  22. unsafe
  23. understand wrongly
  24. unhappy
  25. misjudge
  26. retell
  27. misbehave
  28. not honest
  29. misspell
  30. unusual
  31. discontinue
  32. not equal
  33. misunderstand
  34. not clear
  35. mishear
  36. replay
  37. not common
  38. preheat
  39. heat before
  40. view before

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