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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 450 · 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 “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  2. 2.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
  3. 3.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  4. 4.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) prebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) not safe
  8. 8.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) misjoin
  9. 9.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  11. 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  12. 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
  13. 13.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  15. 15.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  16. 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) not lead
  17. 17.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  18. 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
  19. 19.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
  20. 20.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) not common
  21. 21.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  22. 22.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
  23. 23.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) mistell
  24. 24.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  25. 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) not view
  26. 26.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  27. 27.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  28. 28.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  29. 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) precount
  30. 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  31. 31.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) diswell
  32. 32.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  33. 33.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  35. 35.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) prerespect
  36. 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  37. 37.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  40. 40.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before

Answer key

  1. hear wrongly
  2. not continue
  3. unusual
  4. misbehave
  5. un-
  6. dis-
  7. not safe
  8. rejoin
  9. use again
  10. pre-
  11. not happy
  12. not kind
  13. repaint
  14. re-
  15. write again
  16. lead wrongly
  17. prejudge
  18. not usual
  19. not honest
  20. not common
  21. dishonest
  22. disloyal
  23. retell
  24. check again
  25. view before
  26. not lucky
  27. misuse
  28. mis-
  29. miscount
  30. not respect
  31. unwell
  32. not tidy
  33. fill again
  34. reheat
  35. disrespect
  36. disobey
  37. not clear
  38. unsafe
  39. heat before
  40. not obey

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