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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 742 · 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.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  2. 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  3. 3.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy again
  4. 4.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
  5. 5.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  6. 6.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  7. 7.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  8. 8.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  9. 9.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) misview (c) preview (d) disview
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  13. 13.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  15. 15.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  16. 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  17. 17.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
  18. 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  19. 19.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
  20. 20.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
  21. 21.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  22. 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
  23. 23.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  24. 24.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  25. 25.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
  26. 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  27. 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  28. 28.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
  29. 29.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  30. 30.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  31. 31.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  33. 33.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  34. 34.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  35. 35.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) mispaint
  37. 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
  38. 38.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  39. 39.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  40. 40.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) preopen

Answer key

  1. behave wrongly
  2. not tidy
  3. not happy
  4. disobey
  5. unhappy
  6. heat before
  7. join again
  8. not clear
  9. pay before
  10. un-
  11. preview
  12. re-
  13. unwell
  14. pre-
  15. not fair
  16. unclear
  17. disagree
  18. not loyal
  19. revisit
  20. not usual
  21. preheat
  22. write again
  23. misbehave
  24. mis-
  25. not honest
  26. prepay
  27. use again
  28. lead wrongly
  29. not equal
  30. read wrongly
  31. heat again
  32. dis-
  33. play again
  34. count wrongly
  35. spell wrongly
  36. repaint
  37. untidy
  38. mislead
  39. view before
  40. reopen

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