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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 737 · 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 “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  5. 5.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) misopen
  8. 8.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  10. 10.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
  11. 11.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  12. 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) dislead
  16. 16.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) prehear (d) rehear
  17. 17.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) recook (d) discook
  18. 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  19. 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) pretell
  20. 20.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  21. 21.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) prewell
  23. 23.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
  24. 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) build again (d) not build
  25. 25.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) preloyal (d) disloyal
  26. 26.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  28. 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  29. 29.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  30. 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  32. 32.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) write before
  33. 33.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
  34. 34.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  35. 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  36. 36.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  37. 37.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
  38. 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) mispay
  39. 39.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
  40. 40.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread

Answer key

  1. prejudge
  2. dis-
  3. pre-
  4. behave wrongly
  5. fill again
  6. mis-
  7. reopen
  8. judge before
  9. dishonest
  10. not happy
  11. use again
  12. not kind
  13. re-
  14. not lucky
  15. mislead
  16. mishear
  17. precook
  18. tell again
  19. retell
  20. play again
  21. understand wrongly
  22. unwell
  23. misuse
  24. build again
  25. disloyal
  26. not loyal
  27. un-
  28. not fair
  29. recheck
  30. unequal
  31. unkind
  32. write again
  33. rewrite
  34. misspell
  35. lead wrongly
  36. count wrongly
  37. misbehave
  38. prepay
  39. not safe
  40. misread

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