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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 535 · 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 “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) not place
  2. 2.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) cook again
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  6. 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common again
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  8. 8.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
  14. 14.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
  15. 15.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  17. 17.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) play again (d) not play
  18. 18.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell again
  19. 19.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) reread (c) misread (d) unread
  20. 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) paint before
  21. 21.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  22. 22.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  23. 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  25. 25.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) unhear
  26. 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) prepaint
  27. 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) respell
  28. 28.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  30. 30.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  31. 31.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) untell (c) retell (d) distell
  32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  33. 33.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  35. 35.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) reunderstand
  36. 36.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  37. 37.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  38. 38.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  39. 39.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  40. 40.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest

Answer key

  1. place wrongly
  2. unkind
  3. pre-
  4. cook before
  5. untidy
  6. not common
  7. un-
  8. build again
  9. mis-
  10. unwell
  11. re-
  12. join again
  13. prejudge
  14. disagree
  15. not respect
  16. disobey
  17. play again
  18. spell wrongly
  19. misread
  20. paint again
  21. check again
  22. misuse
  23. not tidy
  24. dis-
  25. mishear
  26. repaint
  27. misspell
  28. unlucky
  29. unfair
  30. pay before
  31. retell
  32. behave wrongly
  33. heat before
  34. not lucky
  35. misunderstand
  36. not honest
  37. not well
  38. view before
  39. not loyal
  40. dishonest

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