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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 796 · 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.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  5. 5.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
  6. 6.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  9. 9.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) unhonest
  11. 11.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  14. 14.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
  15. 15.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) prerespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
  16. 16.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) not view
  17. 17.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  18. 18.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
  19. 19.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  20. 20.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
  21. 21.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  22. 22.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  23. 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  24. 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read before (d) read again
  25. 25.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) rehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  26. 26.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  27. 27.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  28. 28.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  29. 29.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  30. 30.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  31. 31.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  32. 32.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) disbehave
  33. 33.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) rekind
  34. 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  35. 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
  36. 36.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave before
  37. 37.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  38. 38.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  39. 39.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) reclear
  40. 40.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check

Answer key

  1. spell wrongly
  2. unwell
  3. dis-
  4. not well
  5. reopen
  6. unsafe
  7. pre-
  8. un-
  9. place wrongly
  10. dishonest
  11. cook before
  12. re-
  13. mislead
  14. write again
  15. disrespect
  16. view before
  17. misuse
  18. not kind
  19. misspell
  20. not allow
  21. count wrongly
  22. play again
  23. mis-
  24. read wrongly
  25. mishear
  26. unfair
  27. not happy
  28. heat before
  29. not lucky
  30. judge wrongly
  31. disobey
  32. misbehave
  33. unkind
  34. preheat
  35. unequal
  36. behave wrongly
  37. not fair
  38. misjudge
  39. unclear
  40. check again

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