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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 795 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  3. 3.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) replace
  4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  5. 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  6. 6.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  7. 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  9. 9.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  10. 10.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  11. 11.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey again
  12. 12.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
  15. 15.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
  16. 16.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  17. 17.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  18. 18.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  19. 19.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) misread (d) disread
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  21. 21.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  22. 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
  23. 23.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  24. 24.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) unlead
  25. 25.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  26. 26.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
  27. 27.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  28. 28.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  29. 29.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  30. 30.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  31. 31.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
  32. 32.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) prekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  33. 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) misopen
  34. 34.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check again (d) check wrongly
  35. 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  36. 36.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  37. 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  38. 38.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) not view
  39. 39.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) prerespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
  40. 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. not safe
  3. misplace
  4. re-
  5. not happy
  6. rewrite
  7. judge before
  8. pre-
  9. behave wrongly
  10. prejudge
  11. not obey
  12. revisit
  13. dis-
  14. join again
  15. unclear
  16. count wrongly
  17. spell wrongly
  18. not clear
  19. misread
  20. un-
  21. unequal
  22. disobey
  23. use again
  24. mislead
  25. lead wrongly
  26. not usual
  27. reuse
  28. not well
  29. not fair
  30. not loyal
  31. unlucky
  32. unkind
  33. reopen
  34. check again
  35. fill again
  36. heat before
  37. read wrongly
  38. view before
  39. disrespect
  40. paint again

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