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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 703 · 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 “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  2. 2.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  4. 4.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  5. 5.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  6. 6.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) misclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  7. 7.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
  11. 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) prewell (d) diswell
  13. 13.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  14. 14.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  15. 15.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  16. 16.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  17. 17.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  18. 18.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  20. 20.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
  21. 21.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead before
  22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) disread (d) preread
  23. 23.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
  24. 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey before
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  26. 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view again
  27. 27.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  29. 29.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  30. 30.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  31. 31.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) not write
  32. 32.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  33. 33.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) miskind
  35. 35.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  36. 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) preequal (d) disequal
  37. 37.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  38. 38.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) replace
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
  40. 40.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly

Answer key

  1. spell wrongly
  2. misbehave
  3. re-
  4. hear wrongly
  5. use again
  6. unclear
  7. behave wrongly
  8. un-
  9. pre-
  10. not clear
  11. not lucky
  12. unwell
  13. judge before
  14. cook before
  15. not continue
  16. play again
  17. not respect
  18. count wrongly
  19. mishear
  20. disrespect
  21. lead wrongly
  22. misread
  23. revisit
  24. not obey
  25. dis-
  26. view before
  27. fill again
  28. unsafe
  29. repaint
  30. untidy
  31. write again
  32. mis-
  33. not honest
  34. unkind
  35. not safe
  36. unequal
  37. not fair
  38. misplace
  39. discontinue
  40. not kind

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