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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 817 · 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 “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  5. 5.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  8. 8.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  9. 9.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  10. 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  11. 11.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  12. 12.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  13. 13.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  14. 14.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  15. 15.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  17. 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  18. 18.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
  19. 19.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
  20. 20.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead before
  21. 21.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  22. 22.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
  23. 23.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
  24. 24.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  25. 25.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  26. 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  27. 27.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  28. 28.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) unwrite
  30. 30.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) unplay (c) preplay (d) display
  31. 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
  32. 32.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) reusual
  33. 33.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  34. 34.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  35. 35.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
  36. 36.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
  38. 38.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  39. 39.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  40. 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. heat again
  3. dis-
  4. un-
  5. not well
  6. misbehave
  7. pre-
  8. use again
  9. not common
  10. untidy
  11. behave wrongly
  12. unkind
  13. not safe
  14. not loyal
  15. play again
  16. mis-
  17. unfair
  18. refill
  19. tell again
  20. lead wrongly
  21. judge wrongly
  22. discontinue
  23. recheck
  24. hear wrongly
  25. dishonest
  26. understand wrongly
  27. spell wrongly
  28. pay before
  29. rewrite
  30. replay
  31. not continue
  32. unusual
  33. visit again
  34. not honest
  35. open again
  36. cook before
  37. reuse
  38. join again
  39. not kind
  40. read wrongly

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