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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 537 · 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 “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  2. 2.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  3. 3.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
  8. 8.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  13. 13.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  14. 14.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  15. 15.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  16. 16.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  17. 17.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  18. 18.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) preview (d) review
  20. 20.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  21. 21.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
  22. 22.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  23. 23.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  25. 25.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) disallow (c) misallow (d) reallow
  26. 26.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  27. 27.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  28. 28.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) refair
  30. 30.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread
  31. 31.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
  32. 32.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) retell (d) distell
  33. 33.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  34. 34.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  35. 35.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  36. 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  37. 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  38. 38.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  39. 39.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  40. 40.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) preclear

Answer key

  1. not obey
  2. not respect
  3. write again
  4. mis-
  5. recheck
  6. re-
  7. unhappy
  8. understand wrongly
  9. reopen
  10. dis-
  11. pre-
  12. un-
  13. not lucky
  14. misbehave
  15. mislead
  16. view before
  17. rewrite
  18. fill again
  19. preview
  20. unsafe
  21. build again
  22. misjudge
  23. reheat
  24. not happy
  25. disallow
  26. read wrongly
  27. not agree
  28. disagree
  29. unfair
  30. misread
  31. not honest
  32. retell
  33. judge wrongly
  34. not usual
  35. unwell
  36. uncommon
  37. disrespect
  38. unlucky
  39. not allow
  40. unclear

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