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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 842 · 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 “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  2. 2.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  3. 3.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
  4. 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  5. 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  6. 6.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
  7. 7.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  8. 8.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
  9. 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  11. 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
  12. 12.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  13. 13.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  14. 14.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  18. 18.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave before
  19. 19.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) not view (d) view wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
  21. 21.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  22. 22.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  24. 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) preallow
  26. 26.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
  27. 27.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  28. 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) disvisit
  29. 29.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  30. 30.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
  31. 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  32. 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) pretell (d) retell
  34. 34.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  35. 35.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
  36. 36.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  37. 37.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
  39. 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) dislucky

Answer key

  1. hear wrongly
  2. join again
  3. not fair
  4. spell wrongly
  5. not clear
  6. not respect
  7. cook before
  8. replay
  9. unclear
  10. mis-
  11. not happy
  12. unkind
  13. dishonest
  14. lead wrongly
  15. un-
  16. pre-
  17. re-
  18. behave wrongly
  19. view before
  20. repaint
  21. reuse
  22. rewrite
  23. dis-
  24. build again
  25. disallow
  26. prejudge
  27. misuse
  28. revisit
  29. play again
  30. not well
  31. heat before
  32. read wrongly
  33. retell
  34. unusual
  35. untidy
  36. not honest
  37. not continue
  38. not usual
  39. not common
  40. unlucky

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