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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 506 · 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 “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  2. 2.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  3. 3.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  5. 5.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  6. 6.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  7. 7.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
  8. 8.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
  11. 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) not read
  12. 12.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  13. 13.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  14. 14.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
  15. 15.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) display
  16. 16.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  17. 17.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  19. 19.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  21. 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) not write
  22. 22.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  24. 24.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  25. 25.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
  26. 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  27. 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) not join
  29. 29.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  30. 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  32. 32.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  33. 33.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  34. 34.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  35. 35.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
  36. 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  37. 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  38. 38.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
  39. 39.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  40. 40.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again

Answer key

  1. tell again
  2. pay before
  3. unusual
  4. mis-
  5. lead wrongly
  6. not well
  7. disallow
  8. mishear
  9. re-
  10. retell
  11. read wrongly
  12. not respect
  13. unlucky
  14. not happy
  15. replay
  16. uncommon
  17. not loyal
  18. dis-
  19. unhappy
  20. pre-
  21. write again
  22. open again
  23. un-
  24. judge before
  25. not clear
  26. repaint
  27. not allow
  28. join again
  29. use again
  30. spell wrongly
  31. unkind
  32. misuse
  33. behave wrongly
  34. judge wrongly
  35. discontinue
  36. misplace
  37. disrespect
  38. count wrongly
  39. not usual
  40. check again

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