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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 658 · 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 “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) not lead
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  4. 4.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) respell
  6. 6.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) dissafe
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  8. 8.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  9. 9.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  10. 10.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  11. 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) misplay (d) replay
  13. 13.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
  14. 14.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) fair again
  15. 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  16. 16.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) unread (c) misread (d) reread
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  18. 18.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  19. 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  20. 20.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  21. 21.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) not cook
  22. 22.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  23. 23.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) precheck (d) uncheck
  24. 24.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
  25. 25.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
  26. 26.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) misjoin
  27. 27.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  28. 28.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) refill
  29. 29.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  30. 30.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
  31. 31.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  32. 32.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) misallow (d) unallow
  33. 33.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
  34. 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  35. 35.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  36. 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  37. 37.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) disopen
  38. 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  39. 39.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  40. 40.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before

Answer key

  1. lead wrongly
  2. un-
  3. re-
  4. join again
  5. misspell
  6. unsafe
  7. dis-
  8. behave wrongly
  9. not clear
  10. heat again
  11. read wrongly
  12. replay
  13. not well
  14. not fair
  15. pre-
  16. misread
  17. mis-
  18. unwell
  19. judge before
  20. view before
  21. cook before
  22. unusual
  23. recheck
  24. untidy
  25. unhappy
  26. rejoin
  27. not respect
  28. refill
  29. place wrongly
  30. build again
  31. not safe
  32. disallow
  33. not allow
  34. misuse
  35. unkind
  36. mishear
  37. reopen
  38. not happy
  39. unequal
  40. not tidy

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