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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 702 · 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 “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  2. 2.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  4. 4.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) well before (d) not well
  5. 5.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) discount
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  10. 10.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
  11. 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  13. 13.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
  14. 14.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  15. 15.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  16. 16.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  17. 17.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  18. 18.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  19. 19.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  20. 20.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) misloyal
  21. 21.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
  22. 22.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
  23. 23.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) misplay (c) unplay (d) replay
  24. 24.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  25. 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) not view (d) view wrongly
  26. 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  29. 29.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  30. 30.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  31. 31.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow again (d) allow wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  33. 33.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  34. 34.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  35. 35.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  36. 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) disspell
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  38. 38.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join before (d) join again
  39. 39.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge

Answer key

  1. read wrongly
  2. open again
  3. re-
  4. not well
  5. not safe
  6. miscount
  7. un-
  8. discontinue
  9. pre-
  10. spell wrongly
  11. not equal
  12. not tidy
  13. prejudge
  14. behave wrongly
  15. unhappy
  16. not lucky
  17. not agree
  18. unfair
  19. rewrite
  20. disloyal
  21. not kind
  22. check again
  23. replay
  24. reheat
  25. view before
  26. mis-
  27. dis-
  28. hear wrongly
  29. lead wrongly
  30. uncommon
  31. not allow
  32. unkind
  33. not fair
  34. not loyal
  35. misuse
  36. misspell
  37. unsafe
  38. join again
  39. not continue
  40. judge wrongly

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