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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 682 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  3. 3.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) dishappy (c) prehappy (d) unhappy
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
  9. 9.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
  10. 10.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) disjoin
  11. 11.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) unagree
  13. 13.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  14. 14.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  15. 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) dispaint
  16. 16.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave before
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  18. 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  19. 19.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before
  20. 20.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  21. 21.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  22. 22.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
  23. 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  24. 24.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  25. 25.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  26. 26.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  27. 27.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
  28. 28.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  29. 29.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  30. 30.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  31. 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  32. 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
  33. 33.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  34. 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  35. 35.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
  36. 36.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) not allow
  37. 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  38. 38.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect before
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  40. 40.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. place wrongly
  3. not safe
  4. re-
  5. pre-
  6. unhappy
  7. dis-
  8. disobey
  9. recheck
  10. rejoin
  11. not clear
  12. disagree
  13. misuse
  14. understand wrongly
  15. repaint
  16. behave wrongly
  17. un-
  18. not common
  19. not agree
  20. unsafe
  21. misjudge
  22. read wrongly
  23. heat before
  24. join again
  25. not tidy
  26. untidy
  27. lead wrongly
  28. heat again
  29. not honest
  30. check again
  31. tell again
  32. not equal
  33. unequal
  34. open again
  35. hear wrongly
  36. not allow
  37. judge before
  38. not respect
  39. discontinue
  40. rewrite

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