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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 771 · 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 “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) misrespect (d) disrespect
  3. 3.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  4. 4.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) not tell
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  9. 9.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
  10. 10.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) misread (d) unread
  11. 11.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join before
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  13. 13.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  16. 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  17. 17.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  18. 18.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) preequal
  19. 19.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) mispay
  21. 21.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
  22. 22.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) happy again
  23. 23.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
  24. 24.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  26. 26.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  27. 27.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  28. 28.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  29. 29.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  30. 30.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) unhear (d) mishear
  31. 31.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) misview (d) preview
  32. 32.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) preloyal
  33. 33.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) miswrite (d) rewrite
  34. 34.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  35. 35.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  36. 36.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) refair
  37. 37.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
  39. 39.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) count again (d) not count
  40. 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. disrespect
  3. lead wrongly
  4. tell again
  5. untidy
  6. un-
  7. dis-
  8. re-
  9. open again
  10. misread
  11. join again
  12. not tidy
  13. misjudge
  14. mis-
  15. recheck
  16. not obey
  17. reheat
  18. unequal
  19. build again
  20. prepay
  21. check again
  22. not happy
  23. not well
  24. misuse
  25. not kind
  26. fill again
  27. unkind
  28. misspell
  29. misbehave
  30. mishear
  31. preview
  32. disloyal
  33. rewrite
  34. unlucky
  35. disobey
  36. unfair
  37. not allow
  38. not usual
  39. count wrongly
  40. cook before

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