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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 655 · 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 “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
  2. 2.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  3. 3.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) reagree
  4. 4.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  5. 5.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  6. 6.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
  7. 7.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  10. 10.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) miskind
  11. 11.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) not view
  12. 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  13. 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  16. 16.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  20. 20.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
  21. 21.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  22. 22.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
  24. 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  25. 25.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  26. 26.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
  27. 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  28. 28.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  29. 29.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  30. 30.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) unopen
  31. 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open before (d) open wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) diswell
  33. 33.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  34. 34.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  35. 35.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  36. 36.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
  37. 37.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
  38. 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) repay
  39. 39.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) uncheck
  40. 40.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) dishear

Answer key

  1. not respect
  2. repaint
  3. disagree
  4. use wrongly
  5. revisit
  6. visit again
  7. not usual
  8. misuse
  9. pre-
  10. unkind
  11. view before
  12. unfair
  13. lead wrongly
  14. re-
  15. dis-
  16. not allow
  17. un-
  18. understand wrongly
  19. misbehave
  20. not fair
  21. judge wrongly
  22. cook before
  23. reheat
  24. read wrongly
  25. misunderstand
  26. spell wrongly
  27. mis-
  28. tell again
  29. unclear
  30. reopen
  31. open again
  32. unwell
  33. judge before
  34. untidy
  35. heat again
  36. not loyal
  37. discontinue
  38. prepay
  39. recheck
  40. mishear

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