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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 711 · 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 “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) join before (d) not join
  2. 2.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  7. 7.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
  8. 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
  9. 9.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  11. 11.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
  12. 12.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) disbuild (d) unbuild
  14. 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
  15. 15.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  16. 16.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  17. 17.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  18. 18.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
  19. 19.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  20. 20.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
  23. 23.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  24. 24.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) misplay
  25. 25.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
  26. 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  27. 27.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  28. 28.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) misfair
  29. 29.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  30. 30.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  31. 31.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  33. 33.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  34. 34.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) replace
  35. 35.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
  36. 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  37. 37.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  39. 39.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
  40. 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave

Answer key

  1. join again
  2. place wrongly
  3. dis-
  4. spell wrongly
  5. un-
  6. misjudge
  7. disrespect
  8. disallow
  9. not clear
  10. re-
  11. unsafe
  12. not continue
  13. rebuild
  14. repaint
  15. disobey
  16. judge wrongly
  17. heat before
  18. retell
  19. preheat
  20. tell again
  21. mis-
  22. use wrongly
  23. reopen
  24. replay
  25. unequal
  26. pre-
  27. unclear
  28. unfair
  29. not obey
  30. not tidy
  31. misread
  32. not lucky
  33. judge before
  34. misplace
  35. not allow
  36. unkind
  37. not safe
  38. reheat
  39. recheck
  40. behave wrongly

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