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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 546 · 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 “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
  2. 2.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  5. 5.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  7. 7.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  8. 8.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) miswrite
  9. 9.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count before (d) count again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  11. 11.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) discount (d) miscount
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
  14. 14.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  15. 15.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
  16. 16.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  17. 17.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  18. 18.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) miscook (d) precook
  19. 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
  20. 20.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) unread (d) disread
  21. 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  22. 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  24. 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  25. 25.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead before
  26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) place before (d) not place
  27. 27.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave before
  28. 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  29. 29.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  31. 31.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
  32. 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
  33. 33.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
  34. 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  35. 35.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  36. 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) pretell
  38. 38.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  39. 39.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  40. 40.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again

Answer key

  1. not safe
  2. not respect
  3. re-
  4. heat again
  5. not honest
  6. mis-
  7. not clear
  8. rewrite
  9. count wrongly
  10. pre-
  11. miscount
  12. dis-
  13. discontinue
  14. use wrongly
  15. play again
  16. reheat
  17. misbehave
  18. precook
  19. uncommon
  20. misread
  21. disagree
  22. pay before
  23. unkind
  24. read wrongly
  25. lead wrongly
  26. place wrongly
  27. behave wrongly
  28. prejudge
  29. not loyal
  30. mislead
  31. join again
  32. not kind
  33. unfair
  34. preheat
  35. hear wrongly
  36. not continue
  37. retell
  38. unsafe
  39. un-
  40. not allow

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