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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 844 · 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 “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
  2. 2.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) prebehave
  7. 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  8. 8.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  9. 9.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) unbuild
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  11. 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
  12. 12.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  13. 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
  14. 14.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  15. 15.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
  16. 16.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  17. 17.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
  18. 18.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
  19. 19.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  22. 22.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
  23. 23.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
  24. 24.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
  25. 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  26. 26.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  27. 27.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  28. 28.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand
  29. 29.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  30. 30.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
  31. 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) precount (d) miscount
  32. 32.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  33. 33.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check again (d) check wrongly
  34. 34.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
  35. 35.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
  36. 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
  37. 37.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  39. 39.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  40. 40.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) disvisit

Answer key

  1. tell again
  2. place wrongly
  3. dis-
  4. not safe
  5. pre-
  6. misbehave
  7. not lucky
  8. preheat
  9. rebuild
  10. un-
  11. not agree
  12. unlucky
  13. join again
  14. lead wrongly
  15. not obey
  16. visit again
  17. not respect
  18. spell wrongly
  19. disobey
  20. re-
  21. mis-
  22. mishear
  23. unwell
  24. fill again
  25. heat again
  26. misspell
  27. rewrite
  28. understand wrongly
  29. not allow
  30. not honest
  31. miscount
  32. heat before
  33. check again
  34. write again
  35. unusual
  36. unsafe
  37. play again
  38. dishonest
  39. judge before
  40. revisit

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