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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 676 · 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 “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  5. 5.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  6. 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  7. 7.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
  8. 8.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) respell (d) misspell
  9. 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
  10. 10.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  13. 13.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  14. 14.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) miswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
  15. 15.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
  16. 16.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) prehear
  18. 18.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  19. 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) recook
  20. 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
  21. 21.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) reread (d) misread
  22. 22.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) read before
  23. 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree before
  24. 24.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
  25. 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
  26. 26.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  27. 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  28. 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
  29. 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  30. 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  31. 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
  32. 32.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  33. 33.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  34. 34.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  36. 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
  37. 37.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
  38. 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  40. 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. uncommon
  3. pre-
  4. misjudge
  5. disobey
  6. unusual
  7. repaint
  8. misspell
  9. disrespect
  10. discontinue
  11. un-
  12. not fair
  13. judge before
  14. rewrite
  15. visit again
  16. spell wrongly
  17. mishear
  18. unlucky
  19. precook
  20. misbehave
  21. misread
  22. read wrongly
  23. not agree
  24. open again
  25. not obey
  26. not lucky
  27. mislead
  28. write again
  29. not tidy
  30. dis-
  31. not respect
  32. misuse
  33. reheat
  34. not happy
  35. preheat
  36. misplace
  37. pay before
  38. unwell
  39. heat before
  40. unhappy

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