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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 883 · 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 “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  2. 2.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  3. 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
  4. 4.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) reusual
  8. 8.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) unfill (d) refill
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  14. 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count before (d) count again
  15. 15.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) precount
  16. 16.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
  18. 18.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) distell
  19. 19.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  20. 20.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) prewell
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
  23. 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  26. 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  27. 27.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint again
  28. 28.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
  29. 29.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  31. 31.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  32. 32.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  33. 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  34. 34.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  35. 35.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) rewrite
  36. 36.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
  37. 37.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) disread (d) preread
  38. 38.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) misallow
  39. 39.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) preplace
  40. 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave

Answer key

  1. not clear
  2. tell again
  3. prejudge
  4. not obey
  5. un-
  6. not common
  7. unusual
  8. open again
  9. dis-
  10. refill
  11. mis-
  12. not well
  13. re-
  14. count wrongly
  15. miscount
  16. not allow
  17. unhappy
  18. retell
  19. judge wrongly
  20. lead wrongly
  21. unwell
  22. unclear
  23. untidy
  24. not happy
  25. misbehave
  26. pre-
  27. paint again
  28. not kind
  29. hear wrongly
  30. not equal
  31. use again
  32. not continue
  33. unsafe
  34. misunderstand
  35. rewrite
  36. disagree
  37. misread
  38. disallow
  39. misplace
  40. behave wrongly

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