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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 729 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  3. 3.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  4. 4.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  7. 7.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) misread (d) unread
  12. 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  13. 13.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
  14. 14.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  16. 16.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  17. 17.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  18. 18.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) unspell
  20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  21. 21.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
  22. 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) disfill
  23. 23.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  24. 24.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) retell
  25. 25.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  26. 26.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell again
  27. 27.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  28. 28.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  29. 29.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  30. 30.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  31. 31.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check again
  32. 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) miscook (c) discook (d) precook
  33. 33.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
  34. 34.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  35. 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  36. 36.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  37. 37.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) unagree (d) misagree
  38. 38.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) preplace
  39. 39.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
  40. 40.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) reallow (c) unallow (d) disallow

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. judge wrongly
  3. not kind
  4. repaint
  5. untidy
  6. re-
  7. use wrongly
  8. un-
  9. not obey
  10. dis-
  11. misread
  12. unsafe
  13. discontinue
  14. pay before
  15. judge before
  16. unkind
  17. heat before
  18. not continue
  19. misspell
  20. pre-
  21. tell again
  22. refill
  23. unlucky
  24. retell
  25. not respect
  26. spell wrongly
  27. rewrite
  28. reuse
  29. place wrongly
  30. build again
  31. check again
  32. precook
  33. join again
  34. reheat
  35. not clear
  36. not loyal
  37. disagree
  38. misplace
  39. not safe
  40. disallow

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