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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 595 · 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 word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
  2. 2.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view again (d) view wrongly
  3. 3.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  6. 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  8. 8.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  9. 9.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  12. 12.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) unhear
  13. 13.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  15. 15.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) preclear (d) reclear
  16. 16.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) disspell
  17. 17.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) miscommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
  18. 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
  19. 19.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  20. 20.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  21. 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  22. 22.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
  23. 23.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
  24. 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  25. 25.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
  26. 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  27. 27.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  28. 28.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  29. 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  30. 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  31. 31.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
  32. 32.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  33. 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
  34. 34.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  35. 35.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
  37. 37.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  38. 38.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) recook
  39. 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  40. 40.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again

Answer key

  1. disobey
  2. view before
  3. understand wrongly
  4. re-
  5. misjudge
  6. not fair
  7. not common
  8. dishonest
  9. unlucky
  10. mis-
  11. read wrongly
  12. mishear
  13. paint again
  14. un-
  15. unclear
  16. misspell
  17. uncommon
  18. not loyal
  19. misbehave
  20. recheck
  21. reheat
  22. unhappy
  23. judge before
  24. not lucky
  25. spell wrongly
  26. not well
  27. prepay
  28. pre-
  29. dis-
  30. not obey
  31. revisit
  32. unusual
  33. retell
  34. use wrongly
  35. tell again
  36. refill
  37. play again
  38. precook
  39. untidy
  40. not happy

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