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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 580 · 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 “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  2. 2.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) preequal
  3. 3.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  4. 4.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  5. 5.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) distell
  6. 6.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  7. 7.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  8. 8.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
  9. 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  10. 10.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  11. 11.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead again
  12. 12.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  14. 14.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) preagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  16. 16.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) precook
  17. 17.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  18. 18.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) not obey
  19. 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  20. 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well before
  21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  22. 22.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  23. 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  24. 24.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  26. 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
  27. 27.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  28. 28.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  29. 29.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
  30. 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  31. 31.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  32. 32.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  33. 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  35. 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  36. 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  37. 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  38. 38.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) prelead
  39. 39.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  40. 40.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly

Answer key

  1. not agree
  2. unequal
  3. untidy
  4. heat again
  5. retell
  6. cook before
  7. not tidy
  8. uncommon
  9. not honest
  10. pay before
  11. lead wrongly
  12. disobey
  13. unfair
  14. disagree
  15. re-
  16. precook
  17. discontinue
  18. not obey
  19. mis-
  20. not well
  21. unhappy
  22. behave wrongly
  23. read wrongly
  24. misuse
  25. un-
  26. not equal
  27. misbehave
  28. pre-
  29. not usual
  30. view before
  31. use wrongly
  32. rewrite
  33. prejudge
  34. not lucky
  35. recheck
  36. misspell
  37. not happy
  38. mislead
  39. dis-
  40. not loyal

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