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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 561 · 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 “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  5. 5.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  6. 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
  7. 7.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
  8. 8.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
  9. 9.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  10. 10.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
  11. 11.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  14. 14.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  15. 15.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  17. 17.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
  18. 18.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) preplace
  19. 19.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) diskind
  20. 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  21. 21.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) misloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
  22. 22.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook before
  23. 23.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
  24. 24.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) preagree
  25. 25.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) safe again
  26. 26.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
  27. 27.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  30. 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  31. 31.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
  32. 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  33. 33.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  34. 34.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  35. 35.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
  36. 36.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  37. 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) recount (c) uncount (d) discount
  38. 38.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) recook (d) uncook
  39. 39.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
  40. 40.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before

Answer key

  1. count wrongly
  2. re-
  3. not common
  4. un-
  5. not loyal
  6. recheck
  7. disobey
  8. lead wrongly
  9. unlucky
  10. not obey
  11. behave wrongly
  12. pre-
  13. misspell
  14. pay before
  15. prejudge
  16. dis-
  17. reheat
  18. misplace
  19. unkind
  20. misjudge
  21. disloyal
  22. cook before
  23. discontinue
  24. disagree
  25. not safe
  26. fill again
  27. play again
  28. hear wrongly
  29. untidy
  30. visit again
  31. reopen
  32. join again
  33. unusual
  34. judge before
  35. place wrongly
  36. mis-
  37. miscount
  38. precook
  39. not allow
  40. heat before

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