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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 804 · 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 “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  2. 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  3. 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
  4. 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
  5. 5.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  8. 8.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  9. 9.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  10. 10.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  11. 11.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
  12. 12.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
  16. 16.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) dispay (d) mispay
  17. 17.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) rehear
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  20. 20.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  21. 21.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe before
  22. 22.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  23. 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  24. 24.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  26. 26.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  27. 27.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  28. 28.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
  29. 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  30. 30.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  31. 31.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  32. 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  33. 33.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
  34. 34.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  35. 35.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) pretidy
  36. 36.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  37. 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  38. 38.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) reallow
  39. 39.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  40. 40.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again

Answer key

  1. not clear
  2. behave wrongly
  3. prejudge
  4. discontinue
  5. not equal
  6. dis-
  7. disobey
  8. understand wrongly
  9. judge before
  10. not well
  11. fill again
  12. paint again
  13. unequal
  14. pre-
  15. not continue
  16. prepay
  17. mishear
  18. mis-
  19. un-
  20. use again
  21. not safe
  22. unlucky
  23. not tidy
  24. misunderstand
  25. not agree
  26. not fair
  27. not kind
  28. not honest
  29. misjudge
  30. tell again
  31. judge wrongly
  32. read wrongly
  33. pay before
  34. re-
  35. untidy
  36. unwell
  37. rewrite
  38. disallow
  39. not lucky
  40. heat before

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