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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 480 · 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 “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  5. 5.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  6. 6.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  7. 7.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) prelead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  8. 8.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  9. 9.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) miscontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
  10. 10.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  12. 12.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  13. 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  14. 14.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  15. 15.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  17. 17.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  18. 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read before
  19. 19.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  20. 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  21. 21.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave again
  22. 22.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
  23. 23.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  24. 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  25. 25.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  26. 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) mispay
  28. 28.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  29. 29.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  30. 30.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) not allow
  31. 31.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) prehear
  32. 32.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  33. 33.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  34. 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  35. 35.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
  36. 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  37. 37.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  38. 38.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
  39. 39.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  40. 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. fill again
  3. re-
  4. dis-
  5. count wrongly
  6. unlucky
  7. mislead
  8. prejudge
  9. discontinue
  10. misplace
  11. mis-
  12. disrespect
  13. not common
  14. paint again
  15. not usual
  16. un-
  17. not loyal
  18. read wrongly
  19. not kind
  20. disobey
  21. behave wrongly
  22. untidy
  23. cook before
  24. not lucky
  25. misspell
  26. not well
  27. prepay
  28. judge before
  29. dishonest
  30. not allow
  31. mishear
  32. use again
  33. hear wrongly
  34. not tidy
  35. rewrite
  36. reheat
  37. judge wrongly
  38. build again
  39. heat again
  40. unhappy

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