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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 491 · 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 “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  4. 4.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
  5. 5.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  6. 6.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  11. 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before
  12. 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  13. 13.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
  14. 14.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) miscook (d) precook
  15. 15.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  16. 16.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  18. 18.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  19. 19.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  20. 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  22. 22.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  23. 23.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
  24. 24.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect again
  25. 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) usual again
  26. 26.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  27. 27.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) precount
  28. 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
  29. 29.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) preusual
  30. 30.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  31. 31.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  32. 32.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  33. 33.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
  34. 34.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) preread (d) disread
  35. 35.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  36. 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) prehear (d) mishear
  37. 37.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  38. 38.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  39. 39.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  40. 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly

Answer key

  1. not obey
  2. un-
  3. behave wrongly
  4. rejoin
  5. not equal
  6. count wrongly
  7. mis-
  8. use again
  9. dis-
  10. pre-
  11. not agree
  12. unsafe
  13. not honest
  14. precook
  15. reheat
  16. not continue
  17. re-
  18. cook before
  19. judge wrongly
  20. not lucky
  21. repaint
  22. not common
  23. not kind
  24. not respect
  25. not usual
  26. tell again
  27. miscount
  28. open again
  29. unusual
  30. heat again
  31. misspell
  32. spell wrongly
  33. uncommon
  34. misread
  35. prejudge
  36. mishear
  37. disobey
  38. misunderstand
  39. not safe
  40. paint again

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