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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 656 · 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 “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) rerespect (d) prerespect
  2. 2.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell again
  3. 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  4. 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) prelucky
  5. 5.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  6. 6.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  7. 7.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  8. 8.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  9. 9.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  10. 10.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) discount (d) miscount
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
  16. 16.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  17. 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  18. 18.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  20. 20.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) miswell (d) unwell
  21. 21.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  22. 22.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  23. 23.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  24. 24.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  25. 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  26. 26.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) misagree
  28. 28.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  30. 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  31. 31.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  32. 32.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  33. 33.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  34. 34.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  35. 35.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) usual again
  36. 36.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) misplay (d) unplay
  37. 37.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
  38. 38.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  39. 39.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  40. 40.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual

Answer key

  1. disrespect
  2. tell again
  3. misuse
  4. unlucky
  5. fill again
  6. not tidy
  7. behave wrongly
  8. not agree
  9. rewrite
  10. not lucky
  11. pre-
  12. miscount
  13. re-
  14. un-
  15. not well
  16. not loyal
  17. pay before
  18. place wrongly
  19. dis-
  20. unwell
  21. understand wrongly
  22. not allow
  23. disobey
  24. misbehave
  25. mis-
  26. heat again
  27. disagree
  28. use again
  29. open again
  30. not obey
  31. judge wrongly
  32. paint again
  33. not happy
  34. heat before
  35. not usual
  36. replay
  37. unequal
  38. judge before
  39. uncommon
  40. unusual

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