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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 476 · 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 usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  2. 2.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
  3. 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) prewell
  4. 4.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  8. 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  11. 11.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  12. 12.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check again (d) check wrongly
  13. 13.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  14. 14.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  15. 15.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  16. 16.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  17. 17.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  18. 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
  19. 19.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  20. 20.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  21. 21.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint again
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) preread (d) unread
  23. 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  24. 24.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
  25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  27. 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  28. 28.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  29. 29.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
  30. 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  31. 31.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  32. 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  33. 33.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave before
  34. 34.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  35. 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) displace
  36. 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
  37. 37.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
  38. 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  39. 39.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  40. 40.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before

Answer key

  1. unusual
  2. unsafe
  3. unwell
  4. not fair
  5. misspell
  6. pre-
  7. re-
  8. hear wrongly
  9. un-
  10. mis-
  11. judge wrongly
  12. check again
  13. view before
  14. misbehave
  15. disobey
  16. not clear
  17. join again
  18. tell again
  19. recheck
  20. not continue
  21. paint again
  22. misread
  23. not obey
  24. rejoin
  25. not agree
  26. dis-
  27. untidy
  28. misuse
  29. revisit
  30. not safe
  31. judge before
  32. discontinue
  33. behave wrongly
  34. pay before
  35. misplace
  36. misjudge
  37. precook
  38. spell wrongly
  39. play again
  40. use wrongly

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