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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 637 · 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 prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  3. 3.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  4. 4.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
  5. 5.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
  6. 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
  7. 7.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) unallow
  8. 8.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  9. 9.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) retell
  10. 10.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
  11. 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  14. 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  15. 15.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
  16. 16.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  17. 17.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  18. 18.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  19. 19.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  21. 21.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  22. 22.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  23. 23.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  24. 24.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
  25. 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
  26. 26.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) preview (d) misview
  27. 27.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  29. 29.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
  30. 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  31. 31.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
  32. 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  33. 33.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  35. 35.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  36. 36.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  37. 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
  38. 38.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  39. 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) display
  40. 40.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) preunderstand

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. not clear
  3. lead wrongly
  4. not fair
  5. use wrongly
  6. disrespect
  7. disallow
  8. not honest
  9. retell
  10. not obey
  11. uncommon
  12. mis-
  13. misbehave
  14. count wrongly
  15. not kind
  16. unfair
  17. judge wrongly
  18. not tidy
  19. not common
  20. re-
  21. cook before
  22. mislead
  23. misuse
  24. disagree
  25. not lucky
  26. preview
  27. mishear
  28. dis-
  29. fill again
  30. unlucky
  31. rewrite
  32. join again
  33. tell again
  34. discontinue
  35. judge before
  36. unhappy
  37. not happy
  38. un-
  39. replay
  40. misunderstand

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