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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 708 · 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 “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  3. 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  4. 4.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  5. 5.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  6. 6.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
  7. 7.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  8. 8.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  9. 9.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  10. 10.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  13. 13.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) unlead (d) prelead
  15. 15.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  18. 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  20. 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) prebehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  23. 23.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  24. 24.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) miskind
  25. 25.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
  26. 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  27. 27.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
  28. 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  29. 29.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
  30. 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) dislucky
  31. 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) unwrite
  33. 33.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
  34. 34.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) misread (d) reread
  35. 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) retell (d) untell
  36. 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  37. 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  38. 38.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) disview (d) misview
  39. 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
  40. 40.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. disallow
  3. not honest
  4. not happy
  5. heat before
  6. spell wrongly
  7. untidy
  8. not loyal
  9. misjudge
  10. unhappy
  11. re-
  12. disagree
  13. judge before
  14. mislead
  15. open again
  16. revisit
  17. dis-
  18. not lucky
  19. un-
  20. misbehave
  21. mis-
  22. not well
  23. lead wrongly
  24. unkind
  25. not respect
  26. repaint
  27. build again
  28. not usual
  29. cook before
  30. unlucky
  31. not tidy
  32. rewrite
  33. use wrongly
  34. misread
  35. retell
  36. disobey
  37. read wrongly
  38. preview
  39. unusual
  40. not fair

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