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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 722 · 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 word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) recount (d) miscount
  2. 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  3. 3.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) prebuild (d) unbuild
  4. 4.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  5. 5.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
  6. 6.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  8. 8.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  12. 12.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
  13. 13.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) replay (d) misplay
  14. 14.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  15. 15.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) prebehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  16. 16.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) respell
  19. 19.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  20. 20.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  21. 21.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  22. 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) preequal
  24. 24.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  25. 25.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  27. 27.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  28. 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) unopen
  29. 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  30. 30.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join before (d) join wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  32. 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  33. 33.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  34. 34.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) misfill
  36. 36.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  37. 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  38. 38.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) unallow
  39. 39.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge

Answer key

  1. miscount
  2. behave wrongly
  3. rebuild
  4. cook before
  5. play again
  6. not obey
  7. re-
  8. lead wrongly
  9. pre-
  10. un-
  11. disobey
  12. rewrite
  13. replay
  14. recheck
  15. misbehave
  16. rejoin
  17. dis-
  18. misspell
  19. heat before
  20. unsafe
  21. fill again
  22. not safe
  23. unequal
  24. spell wrongly
  25. understand wrongly
  26. mishear
  27. pay before
  28. reopen
  29. not tidy
  30. join again
  31. unhappy
  32. not honest
  33. mis-
  34. not kind
  35. refill
  36. not respect
  37. write again
  38. disallow
  39. build again
  40. judge wrongly

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