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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 677 · 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 “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
  2. 2.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) respell
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) not count
  5. 5.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  6. 6.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
  7. 7.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) not respect
  8. 8.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  9. 9.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  10. 10.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  13. 13.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  14. 14.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
  15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  16. 16.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  17. 17.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  21. 21.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
  22. 22.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) prepay
  23. 23.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) precook (d) uncook
  24. 24.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
  25. 25.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  26. 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  27. 27.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
  28. 28.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
  29. 29.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  30. 30.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  31. 31.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  32. 32.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  33. 33.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  34. 34.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  35. 35.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
  36. 36.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
  37. 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  39. 39.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  40. 40.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again

Answer key

  1. understand wrongly
  2. misspell
  3. pre-
  4. count wrongly
  5. lead wrongly
  6. pay before
  7. not respect
  8. join again
  9. disagree
  10. not honest
  11. re-
  12. tell again
  13. misuse
  14. disobey
  15. mis-
  16. not tidy
  17. not fair
  18. misbehave
  19. dis-
  20. un-
  21. rejoin
  22. prepay
  23. precook
  24. cook before
  25. behave wrongly
  26. heat before
  27. visit again
  28. view before
  29. untidy
  30. misplace
  31. uncommon
  32. unsafe
  33. judge before
  34. misunderstand
  35. build again
  36. unhappy
  37. not equal
  38. unwell
  39. play again
  40. hear wrongly

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