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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 445 · 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 “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
  2. 2.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) untell (c) retell (d) distell
  3. 3.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  7. 7.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
  8. 8.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) prerespect
  9. 9.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  10. 10.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  15. 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  16. 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  18. 18.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  19. 19.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) disfair
  20. 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  21. 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
  23. 23.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) clear before
  24. 24.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) prejoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  26. 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  27. 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  28. 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) miswrite
  29. 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  30. 30.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) display (d) unplay
  31. 31.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  32. 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) diswell
  34. 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  35. 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  36. 36.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  37. 37.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  38. 38.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
  39. 39.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly

Answer key

  1. disobey
  2. retell
  3. play again
  4. pre-
  5. repaint
  6. dis-
  7. misunderstand
  8. disrespect
  9. refill
  10. not obey
  11. un-
  12. mis-
  13. tell again
  14. re-
  15. not tidy
  16. not equal
  17. unlucky
  18. unequal
  19. unfair
  20. paint again
  21. reheat
  22. unclear
  23. not clear
  24. rejoin
  25. join again
  26. unkind
  27. misspell
  28. rewrite
  29. miscount
  30. replay
  31. unhappy
  32. not well
  33. unwell
  34. misbehave
  35. preheat
  36. not lucky
  37. not allow
  38. place wrongly
  39. hear wrongly
  40. understand wrongly

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