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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 514 · 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 “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  2. 2.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
  3. 3.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  6. 6.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
  10. 10.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) disview (c) review (d) preview
  11. 11.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  12. 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) refair
  13. 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  14. 14.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  15. 15.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) preopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  16. 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) misclear
  17. 17.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
  18. 18.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  20. 20.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  21. 21.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear before
  22. 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  23. 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  25. 25.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
  26. 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) mispay
  27. 27.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  28. 28.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) misfill
  29. 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) rewell
  30. 30.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  31. 31.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  32. 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
  33. 33.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  34. 34.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  35. 35.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) prewrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  36. 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  37. 37.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
  38. 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  39. 39.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  40. 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) pretidy

Answer key

  1. not honest
  2. misbehave
  3. not respect
  4. dis-
  5. dishonest
  6. fill again
  7. mis-
  8. un-
  9. unhappy
  10. preview
  11. not usual
  12. unfair
  13. not allow
  14. not agree
  15. reopen
  16. unclear
  17. not well
  18. misspell
  19. re-
  20. unusual
  21. hear wrongly
  22. pre-
  23. read wrongly
  24. not happy
  25. unsafe
  26. prepay
  27. place wrongly
  28. refill
  29. unwell
  30. not continue
  31. paint again
  32. precook
  33. not fair
  34. not obey
  35. rewrite
  36. misjudge
  37. understand wrongly
  38. heat before
  39. judge before
  40. untidy

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