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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 888 · 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) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  9. 9.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
  10. 10.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again
  11. 11.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  12. 12.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  13. 13.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  14. 14.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  15. 15.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave before
  16. 16.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  17. 17.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) untell (d) retell
  18. 18.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  19. 19.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) disjoin (c) prejoin (d) unjoin
  20. 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy before
  21. 21.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  22. 22.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) not cook
  23. 23.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) repay
  24. 24.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  25. 25.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  26. 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand
  27. 27.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  28. 28.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  29. 29.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  30. 30.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) preplace
  31. 31.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) diswrite
  32. 32.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) rehear
  33. 33.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  34. 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) prebehave
  36. 36.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) reloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal
  37. 37.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
  38. 38.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  40. 40.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) unusual

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. dis-
  3. mis-
  4. hear wrongly
  5. un-
  6. misjudge
  7. re-
  8. write again
  9. recheck
  10. place wrongly
  11. heat before
  12. open again
  13. not agree
  14. not safe
  15. behave wrongly
  16. not lucky
  17. retell
  18. not obey
  19. rejoin
  20. not happy
  21. visit again
  22. cook before
  23. prepay
  24. discontinue
  25. not fair
  26. understand wrongly
  27. count wrongly
  28. read wrongly
  29. disobey
  30. misplace
  31. rewrite
  32. mishear
  33. reuse
  34. heat again
  35. misbehave
  36. disloyal
  37. not allow
  38. not loyal
  39. disrespect
  40. unusual

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