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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 547 · 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 wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  4. 4.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  5. 5.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  8. 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  9. 9.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
  10. 10.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  14. 14.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) miswell
  15. 15.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  17. 17.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
  18. 18.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) disusual
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  20. 20.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  21. 21.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
  22. 22.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
  23. 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  24. 24.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  26. 26.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  27. 27.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  28. 28.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) preplay (d) unplay
  29. 29.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) preallow
  30. 30.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) dishear
  31. 31.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  32. 32.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  33. 33.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
  34. 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
  35. 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  36. 36.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) preloyal (c) misloyal (d) reloyal
  38. 38.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  40. 40.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue

Answer key

  1. not safe
  2. pre-
  3. preheat
  4. hear wrongly
  5. not agree
  6. re-
  7. prejudge
  8. heat again
  9. misunderstand
  10. heat before
  11. dis-
  12. disrespect
  13. not obey
  14. unwell
  15. count wrongly
  16. mis-
  17. not continue
  18. unusual
  19. un-
  20. join again
  21. not clear
  22. not allow
  23. not fair
  24. not usual
  25. reuse
  26. misbehave
  27. recheck
  28. replay
  29. disallow
  30. mishear
  31. check again
  32. pay before
  33. use wrongly
  34. fill again
  35. lead wrongly
  36. understand wrongly
  37. disloyal
  38. unlucky
  39. unsafe
  40. discontinue

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