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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 616 · 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 “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  4. 4.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) preplace
  5. 5.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  6. 6.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  7. 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  8. 8.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  12. 12.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
  14. 14.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
  15. 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) not hear
  16. 16.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  17. 17.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave before
  18. 18.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  19. 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  20. 20.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  22. 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) refill
  23. 23.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  24. 24.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  26. 26.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  27. 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
  28. 28.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  30. 30.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  31. 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
  32. 32.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  33. 33.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
  34. 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) unagree (d) misagree
  35. 35.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
  36. 36.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
  37. 37.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
  39. 39.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
  40. 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) rekind

Answer key

  1. not allow
  2. mis-
  3. not well
  4. misplace
  5. mishear
  6. not equal
  7. uncommon
  8. understand wrongly
  9. untidy
  10. un-
  11. dis-
  12. use wrongly
  13. disobey
  14. not fair
  15. hear wrongly
  16. unusual
  17. behave wrongly
  18. not continue
  19. judge before
  20. join again
  21. pre-
  22. refill
  23. reuse
  24. paint again
  25. reheat
  26. not kind
  27. write again
  28. use again
  29. open again
  30. not honest
  31. misjudge
  32. re-
  33. tell again
  34. disagree
  35. not agree
  36. not obey
  37. revisit
  38. visit again
  39. check again
  40. unkind

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