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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 759 · 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 “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) pretell
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  5. 5.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  7. 7.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  9. 9.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  10. 10.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) not count (d) count again
  11. 11.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  13. 13.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  14. 14.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) preplay
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  16. 16.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  17. 17.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
  18. 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  19. 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  20. 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
  21. 21.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
  22. 22.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
  23. 23.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  25. 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  26. 26.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
  27. 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  28. 28.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  29. 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  30. 30.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  31. 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) not obey
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
  33. 33.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  34. 34.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check again
  35. 35.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
  36. 36.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
  37. 37.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
  38. 38.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) rehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  39. 39.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) disjoin (c) misjoin (d) unjoin

Answer key

  1. retell
  2. re-
  3. not usual
  4. pre-
  5. not kind
  6. uncommon
  7. unfair
  8. mis-
  9. not respect
  10. count wrongly
  11. unkind
  12. dis-
  13. heat again
  14. replay
  15. un-
  16. dishonest
  17. disobey
  18. not safe
  19. pay before
  20. spell wrongly
  21. prejudge
  22. unwell
  23. join again
  24. unhappy
  25. play again
  26. not honest
  27. use again
  28. preheat
  29. not agree
  30. place wrongly
  31. not obey
  32. not lucky
  33. behave wrongly
  34. check again
  35. not equal
  36. not well
  37. not continue
  38. mishear
  39. misbehave
  40. rejoin

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