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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 529 · 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 again (c) join before (d) join wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) untell (d) pretell
  3. 3.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect again
  4. 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview
  10. 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  11. 11.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  12. 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) not obey
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  15. 15.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  16. 16.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) unwell
  17. 17.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  18. 18.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  19. 19.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  20. 20.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  21. 21.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  22. 22.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
  23. 23.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  25. 25.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) lead again
  26. 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  27. 27.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  28. 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
  29. 29.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  30. 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
  31. 31.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  32. 32.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
  33. 33.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  34. 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
  35. 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) fair again
  36. 36.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  37. 37.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  38. 38.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) preread (d) misread
  39. 39.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  40. 40.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge

Answer key

  1. join again
  2. retell
  3. not respect
  4. discontinue
  5. re-
  6. un-
  7. not common
  8. mis-
  9. preview
  10. not tidy
  11. dishonest
  12. not kind
  13. not obey
  14. dis-
  15. not happy
  16. unwell
  17. untidy
  18. not continue
  19. spell wrongly
  20. not honest
  21. disobey
  22. preheat
  23. open again
  24. not well
  25. lead wrongly
  26. heat before
  27. unkind
  28. not equal
  29. uncommon
  30. visit again
  31. hear wrongly
  32. not usual
  33. pre-
  34. misbehave
  35. not fair
  36. build again
  37. reuse
  38. misread
  39. play again
  40. misjudge

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