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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 905 · 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 “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  2. 2.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  3. 3.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  4. 4.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  6. 6.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
  7. 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  8. 8.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) preallow (d) reallow
  10. 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  11. 11.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
  12. 12.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) discook (d) precook
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  15. 15.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  16. 16.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear again
  17. 17.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  19. 19.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  21. 21.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) place before
  22. 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
  23. 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  24. 24.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) unhear (d) prehear
  25. 25.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  26. 26.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  27. 27.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) unrespect (d) prerespect
  28. 28.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  29. 29.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow again
  30. 30.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) displace
  31. 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  32. 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common again
  33. 33.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) disfill (c) misfill (d) prefill
  34. 34.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  35. 35.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
  36. 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  37. 37.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  38. 38.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  39. 39.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  40. 40.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before

Answer key

  1. lead wrongly
  2. not agree
  3. untidy
  4. not obey
  5. preheat
  6. hear wrongly
  7. judge before
  8. not fair
  9. disallow
  10. misbehave
  11. not safe
  12. precook
  13. mis-
  14. un-
  15. misunderstand
  16. not clear
  17. not kind
  18. understand wrongly
  19. build again
  20. prejudge
  21. place wrongly
  22. write again
  23. pre-
  24. mishear
  25. unkind
  26. behave wrongly
  27. disrespect
  28. use wrongly
  29. not allow
  30. misplace
  31. dis-
  32. not common
  33. refill
  34. misjudge
  35. not happy
  36. disobey
  37. reuse
  38. judge wrongly
  39. re-
  40. not usual

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