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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 824 · 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) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  6. 6.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  7. 7.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  8. 8.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  9. 9.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  13. 13.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  14. 14.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) discook (d) precook
  16. 16.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  17. 17.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  18. 18.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  19. 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  20. 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) misbuild (d) disbuild
  22. 22.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
  23. 23.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  25. 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
  26. 26.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  27. 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  28. 28.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  29. 29.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) not cook
  30. 30.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  31. 31.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) unplay (c) display (d) preplay
  32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) preagree
  34. 34.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  35. 35.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
  36. 36.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) preread (d) misread
  37. 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
  38. 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
  39. 39.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  40. 40.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. dis-
  3. judge wrongly
  4. pre-
  5. unusual
  6. misplace
  7. not clear
  8. not obey
  9. count wrongly
  10. un-
  11. heat again
  12. re-
  13. play again
  14. spell wrongly
  15. precook
  16. not agree
  17. misjudge
  18. mislead
  19. not tidy
  20. not lucky
  21. rebuild
  22. unsafe
  23. not loyal
  24. not well
  25. hear wrongly
  26. tell again
  27. untidy
  28. misuse
  29. cook before
  30. open again
  31. replay
  32. behave wrongly
  33. disagree
  34. heat before
  35. misunderstand
  36. misread
  37. unlucky
  38. rewrite
  39. read wrongly
  40. judge before

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