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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 848 · 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 “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  5. 5.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) not fill
  6. 6.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) clear before
  7. 7.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
  8. 8.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) prefair
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) respect again
  12. 12.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) reloyal
  13. 13.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  14. 14.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
  15. 15.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint again
  16. 16.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  17. 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  18. 18.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  19. 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  20. 20.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
  21. 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  22. 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  23. 23.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  24. 24.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  25. 25.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) prehear
  26. 26.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  27. 27.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  29. 29.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
  30. 30.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
  31. 31.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  32. 32.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) misview
  33. 33.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) prehappy (d) unhappy
  34. 34.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  35. 35.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  36. 36.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  37. 37.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  38. 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) prejoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
  39. 39.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) missafe

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. re-
  3. dis-
  4. not kind
  5. fill again
  6. not clear
  7. not continue
  8. check again
  9. unfair
  10. un-
  11. not respect
  12. disloyal
  13. misbehave
  14. cook before
  15. paint again
  16. join again
  17. not safe
  18. not happy
  19. mis-
  20. disrespect
  21. misuse
  22. hear wrongly
  23. judge before
  24. unkind
  25. mishear
  26. misjudge
  27. not agree
  28. mislead
  29. tell again
  30. play again
  31. unlucky
  32. preview
  33. unhappy
  34. not obey
  35. disobey
  36. read wrongly
  37. misunderstand
  38. rejoin
  39. not tidy
  40. unsafe

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