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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 565 · 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.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  3. 3.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair again
  4. 4.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  5. 5.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
  6. 6.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) prespell
  7. 7.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  8. 8.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) unwell
  11. 11.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
  12. 12.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  13. 13.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
  15. 15.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
  16. 16.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  17. 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) not safe
  18. 18.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  20. 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  21. 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
  22. 22.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) mishonest
  23. 23.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  25. 25.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) unfill
  26. 26.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) agree before
  27. 27.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
  29. 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  30. 30.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  31. 31.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  32. 32.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
  33. 33.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  34. 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) prebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  35. 35.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit before
  36. 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) rehear
  37. 37.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) displace
  38. 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  39. 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  40. 40.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. untidy
  3. not fair
  4. place wrongly
  5. spell wrongly
  6. misspell
  7. mislead
  8. unclear
  9. pre-
  10. unwell
  11. unhappy
  12. behave wrongly
  13. not kind
  14. disloyal
  15. not lucky
  16. unsafe
  17. not safe
  18. rewrite
  19. dis-
  20. mis-
  21. disagree
  22. dishonest
  23. join again
  24. un-
  25. refill
  26. not agree
  27. read wrongly
  28. hear wrongly
  29. judge wrongly
  30. prejudge
  31. use wrongly
  32. not usual
  33. reheat
  34. misbehave
  35. visit again
  36. mishear
  37. misplace
  38. heat again
  39. not common
  40. count wrongly

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