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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 738 · 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 “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave again
  3. 3.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  4. 4.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
  5. 5.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  7. 7.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
  8. 8.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) prehear (d) mishear
  9. 9.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) misfill (d) prefill
  10. 10.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  13. 13.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
  14. 14.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  15. 15.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  16. 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  17. 17.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view before (d) view again
  18. 18.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) disread (d) unread
  19. 19.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
  20. 20.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) retell (d) untell
  21. 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  22. 22.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  23. 23.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  24. 24.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  25. 25.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  26. 26.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  27. 27.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal
  28. 28.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  29. 29.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  30. 30.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
  31. 31.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) not write
  32. 32.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
  33. 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  34. 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) mislead (c) dislead (d) prelead
  37. 37.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  38. 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  39. 39.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  40. 40.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. behave wrongly
  3. unfair
  4. not clear
  5. tell again
  6. dis-
  7. recheck
  8. mishear
  9. refill
  10. disagree
  11. pre-
  12. un-
  13. unequal
  14. heat again
  15. not agree
  16. not obey
  17. view before
  18. misread
  19. fill again
  20. retell
  21. not well
  22. judge before
  23. repaint
  24. mis-
  25. not tidy
  26. reuse
  27. disloyal
  28. disrespect
  29. rewrite
  30. reopen
  31. write again
  32. not safe
  33. dishonest
  34. misbehave
  35. not kind
  36. mislead
  37. preheat
  38. prejudge
  39. read wrongly
  40. use wrongly

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