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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 507 · 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 “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  3. 3.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  4. 4.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  7. 7.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  9. 9.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  10. 10.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  11. 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) not read (d) read wrongly
  12. 12.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  15. 15.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) view again
  16. 16.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  17. 17.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  18. 18.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) reread (c) misread (d) preread
  20. 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  21. 21.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  22. 22.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  23. 23.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) recommon
  24. 24.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
  25. 25.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  26. 26.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  27. 27.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  28. 28.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  29. 29.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
  30. 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  31. 31.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  33. 33.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again
  34. 34.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
  35. 35.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  36. 36.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) unpay
  37. 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  38. 38.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) recheck (c) mischeck (d) precheck
  39. 39.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) respect before
  40. 40.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before

Answer key

  1. join again
  2. dis-
  3. judge wrongly
  4. tell again
  5. misbehave
  6. un-
  7. place wrongly
  8. pre-
  9. spell wrongly
  10. disallow
  11. read wrongly
  12. not common
  13. re-
  14. not usual
  15. view before
  16. not honest
  17. heat before
  18. not allow
  19. misread
  20. mis-
  21. unclear
  22. prejudge
  23. uncommon
  24. untidy
  25. preheat
  26. not happy
  27. reuse
  28. count wrongly
  29. unequal
  30. reheat
  31. misunderstand
  32. not lucky
  33. open again
  34. use again
  35. disobey
  36. prepay
  37. rewrite
  38. recheck
  39. not respect
  40. heat again

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