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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 764 · 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 “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  4. 4.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) disfair
  5. 5.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
  6. 6.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  7. 7.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) unview (d) review
  8. 8.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) not place
  9. 9.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  10. 10.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
  11. 11.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  12. 12.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  15. 15.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
  16. 16.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  18. 18.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) misbuild (d) unbuild
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  20. 20.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) mistell
  21. 21.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) cook again
  22. 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) not safe
  23. 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) unagree
  24. 24.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) recook (c) discook (d) uncook
  26. 26.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  27. 27.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  28. 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  29. 29.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
  30. 30.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) misjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
  31. 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  32. 32.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
  33. 33.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  34. 34.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  36. 36.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
  37. 37.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  38. 38.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead
  39. 39.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read before
  40. 40.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before

Answer key

  1. misspell
  2. pre-
  3. unwell
  4. unfair
  5. play again
  6. disallow
  7. preview
  8. place wrongly
  9. spell wrongly
  10. not respect
  11. not honest
  12. misbehave
  13. dis-
  14. mis-
  15. reuse
  16. tell again
  17. un-
  18. rebuild
  19. re-
  20. retell
  21. cook before
  22. not safe
  23. disagree
  24. not usual
  25. precook
  26. not tidy
  27. disrespect
  28. open again
  29. repaint
  30. rejoin
  31. not obey
  32. revisit
  33. visit again
  34. misjudge
  35. not kind
  36. disloyal
  37. use wrongly
  38. lead wrongly
  39. read wrongly
  40. pay before

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