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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 647 · 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 “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) disjoin (c) prejoin (d) misjoin
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  5. 5.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) disbehave
  6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
  7. 7.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) clear again
  8. 8.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  10. 10.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) read again
  11. 11.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
  12. 12.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) disread (d) reread
  13. 13.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) misrespect
  17. 17.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  19. 19.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  20. 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  21. 21.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
  22. 22.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
  23. 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  24. 24.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  26. 26.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
  27. 27.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  28. 28.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  29. 29.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  30. 30.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  31. 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  32. 32.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  33. 33.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  34. 34.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  35. 35.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
  36. 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  37. 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  38. 38.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  39. 39.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  40. 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave

Answer key

  1. rejoin
  2. mis-
  3. pre-
  4. misjudge
  5. misbehave
  6. misunderstand
  7. not clear
  8. spell wrongly
  9. preheat
  10. read wrongly
  11. write again
  12. misread
  13. unlucky
  14. un-
  15. not equal
  16. disrespect
  17. build again
  18. re-
  19. visit again
  20. heat before
  21. understand wrongly
  22. discontinue
  23. use wrongly
  24. not usual
  25. dis-
  26. disallow
  27. recheck
  28. not happy
  29. not loyal
  30. not common
  31. unsafe
  32. judge wrongly
  33. rewrite
  34. view before
  35. reopen
  36. join again
  37. not honest
  38. not tidy
  39. not allow
  40. behave wrongly

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