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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 909 · 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 “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  2. 2.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
  3. 3.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
  4. 4.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) dislead
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  9. 9.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) misopen
  10. 10.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
  11. 11.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  12. 12.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
  16. 16.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  17. 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  19. 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
  20. 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  21. 21.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) display (d) replay
  23. 23.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  24. 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  25. 25.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  27. 27.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
  29. 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  30. 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  31. 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) unfill (d) disfill
  32. 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  33. 33.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  34. 34.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
  35. 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  37. 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  38. 38.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  39. 39.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
  40. 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again

Answer key

  1. pay before
  2. not common
  3. misbehave
  4. join again
  5. mis-
  6. pre-
  7. mislead
  8. un-
  9. reopen
  10. not respect
  11. rebuild
  12. not equal
  13. re-
  14. tell again
  15. recheck
  16. mishear
  17. dishonest
  18. dis-
  19. not usual
  20. misjudge
  21. judge before
  22. replay
  23. play again
  24. unusual
  25. not tidy
  26. place wrongly
  27. not safe
  28. discontinue
  29. build again
  30. spell wrongly
  31. refill
  32. disobey
  33. heat again
  34. untidy
  35. retell
  36. not happy
  37. not kind
  38. hear wrongly
  39. not clear
  40. not agree

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