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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 747 · 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 “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) disread (c) preread (d) unread
  2. 2.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) cook again
  3. 3.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) mispay (c) dispay (d) prepay
  4. 4.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) discook (d) uncook
  5. 5.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
  6. 6.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  10. 10.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  13. 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) misclear
  14. 14.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) diswrite
  15. 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  16. 16.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
  17. 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) misplace
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  20. 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  21. 21.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
  22. 22.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
  23. 23.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  24. 24.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) display (d) replay
  26. 26.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
  27. 27.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
  28. 28.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  29. 29.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) untell (d) distell
  30. 30.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  31. 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) presafe
  32. 32.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  33. 33.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
  34. 34.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  35. 35.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
  36. 36.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
  37. 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  38. 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  40. 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell

Answer key

  1. misread
  2. cook before
  3. prepay
  4. precook
  5. judge before
  6. not clear
  7. unkind
  8. pre-
  9. dis-
  10. prejudge
  11. un-
  12. discontinue
  13. unclear
  14. rewrite
  15. recheck
  16. check again
  17. misplace
  18. mis-
  19. re-
  20. misjudge
  21. unusual
  22. reopen
  23. disrespect
  24. behave wrongly
  25. replay
  26. tell again
  27. not lucky
  28. not safe
  29. retell
  30. join again
  31. unsafe
  32. view before
  33. disobey
  34. not honest
  35. not respect
  36. not equal
  37. not happy
  38. heat before
  39. misbehave
  40. misspell

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