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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 519 · 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 “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) not open
  2. 2.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) recook (d) uncook
  7. 7.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  8. 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  11. 11.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  12. 12.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) agree again
  13. 13.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
  14. 14.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  15. 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  16. 16.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  17. 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  18. 18.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  19. 19.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  20. 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  21. 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) discount (d) miscount
  22. 22.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
  23. 23.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead before
  24. 24.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) misread (c) unread (d) reread
  25. 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) dislead
  26. 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
  27. 27.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  28. 28.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) misfill
  30. 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) prerespect
  32. 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) reobey
  33. 33.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
  34. 34.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
  35. 35.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
  36. 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) dislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  37. 37.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) place again (d) not place
  38. 38.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) miscontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
  40. 40.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before

Answer key

  1. open again
  2. unhappy
  3. dis-
  4. re-
  5. un-
  6. precook
  7. paint again
  8. not usual
  9. misjudge
  10. mis-
  11. not respect
  12. not agree
  13. not continue
  14. join again
  15. hear wrongly
  16. preheat
  17. pre-
  18. not fair
  19. reuse
  20. misbehave
  21. miscount
  22. disagree
  23. lead wrongly
  24. misread
  25. mislead
  26. heat before
  27. repaint
  28. tell again
  29. refill
  30. not obey
  31. disrespect
  32. disobey
  33. recheck
  34. build again
  35. uncommon
  36. unlucky
  37. place wrongly
  38. not allow
  39. discontinue
  40. count wrongly

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