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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 609 · 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 “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) preread (d) disread
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  4. 4.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  7. 7.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  8. 8.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  9. 9.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  10. 10.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) not usual
  11. 11.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) rehear (d) prehear
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  13. 13.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) disjoin (c) misjoin (d) prejoin
  14. 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  15. 15.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  16. 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  19. 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) prefill
  20. 20.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
  21. 21.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  22. 22.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) miswrite
  23. 23.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) replay (d) preplay
  24. 24.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  25. 25.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  26. 26.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  27. 27.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  28. 28.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  29. 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  30. 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  31. 31.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave before
  32. 32.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  33. 33.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  34. 34.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) untell
  35. 35.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) prehappy
  36. 36.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) misloyal
  37. 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  38. 38.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
  40. 40.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell

Answer key

  1. misread
  2. pre-
  3. misuse
  4. misspell
  5. un-
  6. paint again
  7. play again
  8. unlucky
  9. prejudge
  10. not usual
  11. mishear
  12. dis-
  13. rejoin
  14. repaint
  15. discontinue
  16. not kind
  17. re-
  18. mis-
  19. refill
  20. pay before
  21. misbehave
  22. rewrite
  23. replay
  24. judge before
  25. heat before
  26. not loyal
  27. count wrongly
  28. tell again
  29. not agree
  30. cook before
  31. behave wrongly
  32. check again
  33. join again
  34. retell
  35. unhappy
  36. disloyal
  37. read wrongly
  38. not continue
  39. disrespect
  40. spell wrongly

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