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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 8 · 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 wrongly (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) not spell
  2. 2.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
  3. 3.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) prespell (c) respell (d) disspell
  4. 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  6. 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  10. 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  11. 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
  12. 12.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  13. 13.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) miscommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
  14. 14.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal
  15. 15.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
  16. 16.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  18. 18.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  19. 19.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) unrespect
  20. 20.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) retell
  21. 21.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
  22. 22.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) unpay
  23. 23.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  24. 24.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write before (d) write wrongly
  25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) preplay (c) display (d) unplay
  27. 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  28. 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  29. 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) prefill
  30. 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
  31. 31.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) preagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  32. 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) precook (d) miscook
  33. 33.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
  34. 34.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
  35. 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  36. 36.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  37. 37.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
  38. 38.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  39. 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  40. 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly

Answer key

  1. spell wrongly
  2. hear wrongly
  3. misspell
  4. unlucky
  5. dis-
  6. recheck
  7. pre-
  8. judge wrongly
  9. un-
  10. paint again
  11. place wrongly
  12. disobey
  13. uncommon
  14. disloyal
  15. mishear
  16. disallow
  17. re-
  18. untidy
  19. disrespect
  20. retell
  21. not obey
  22. prepay
  23. not lucky
  24. write again
  25. not agree
  26. replay
  27. judge before
  28. not equal
  29. refill
  30. not respect
  31. disagree
  32. precook
  33. rebuild
  34. unusual
  35. miscount
  36. mis-
  37. pay before
  38. not well
  39. tell again
  40. behave wrongly

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