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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 576 · 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 “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  2. 2.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  5. 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  7. 7.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  8. 8.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  9. 9.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  10. 10.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) rebehave
  13. 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  14. 14.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  16. 16.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  17. 17.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  18. 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  20. 20.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  21. 21.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  22. 22.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
  23. 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  24. 24.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  25. 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  26. 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
  27. 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
  28. 28.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  29. 29.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
  30. 30.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  31. 31.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) preview (d) disview
  32. 32.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
  33. 33.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
  34. 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  35. 35.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) misfair
  36. 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
  37. 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) disbuild
  38. 38.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) cook before
  39. 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  40. 40.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) disuse

Answer key

  1. not kind
  2. discontinue
  3. mis-
  4. judge before
  5. visit again
  6. pre-
  7. understand wrongly
  8. spell wrongly
  9. heat before
  10. disallow
  11. un-
  12. misbehave
  13. unclear
  14. misjudge
  15. re-
  16. not respect
  17. not tidy
  18. not common
  19. untidy
  20. use wrongly
  21. preheat
  22. not continue
  23. unkind
  24. misunderstand
  25. mislead
  26. disobey
  27. tell again
  28. dishonest
  29. reopen
  30. not honest
  31. preview
  32. unhappy
  33. reuse
  34. heat again
  35. unfair
  36. mishear
  37. rebuild
  38. cook before
  39. not well
  40. misuse

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