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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 73 · 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 “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) rehear
  2. 2.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) distell (d) mistell
  3. 3.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  6. 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  7. 7.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  9. 9.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
  10. 10.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  12. 12.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
  13. 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join before
  14. 14.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  15. 15.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  16. 16.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
  17. 17.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  19. 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  20. 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  21. 21.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  22. 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  23. 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
  24. 24.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
  25. 25.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  26. 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view again (d) view wrongly
  27. 27.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  28. 28.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect again
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  30. 30.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  31. 31.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) discook (d) uncook
  32. 32.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  33. 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  34. 34.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  35. 35.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) reread (c) misread (d) preread
  36. 36.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) disview (d) review
  40. 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again

Answer key

  1. mishear
  2. retell
  3. not kind
  4. pre-
  5. not agree
  6. not fair
  7. understand wrongly
  8. mis-
  9. not equal
  10. tell again
  11. dis-
  12. misbehave
  13. join again
  14. not tidy
  15. unhappy
  16. reuse
  17. reopen
  18. re-
  19. judge before
  20. hear wrongly
  21. unkind
  22. write again
  23. not obey
  24. not allow
  25. rewrite
  26. view before
  27. judge wrongly
  28. not respect
  29. unfair
  30. use again
  31. precook
  32. unusual
  33. un-
  34. dishonest
  35. misread
  36. not loyal
  37. uncommon
  38. visit again
  39. preview
  40. cook before

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