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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 91 · 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 “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) understand again
  4. 4.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) cook before
  5. 5.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
  8. 8.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  9. 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  10. 10.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  11. 11.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  12. 12.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  13. 13.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  14. 14.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  15. 15.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) not well (d) well again
  16. 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  17. 17.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
  18. 18.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  19. 19.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  20. 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  21. 21.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) prekind
  22. 22.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  23. 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  24. 24.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  25. 25.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  26. 26.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  28. 28.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  29. 29.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  30. 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell again
  31. 31.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  32. 32.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) mistell
  33. 33.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) refair (d) disfair
  34. 34.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) unpay
  35. 35.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect before
  36. 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  37. 37.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  39. 39.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before

Answer key

  1. fill again
  2. pre-
  3. understand wrongly
  4. cook before
  5. hear wrongly
  6. dis-
  7. write again
  8. misspell
  9. disrespect
  10. not obey
  11. untidy
  12. not safe
  13. not continue
  14. not kind
  15. not well
  16. mis-
  17. reopen
  18. unlucky
  19. disallow
  20. unclear
  21. unkind
  22. place wrongly
  23. read wrongly
  24. not agree
  25. re-
  26. lead wrongly
  27. un-
  28. heat before
  29. not lucky
  30. spell wrongly
  31. unhappy
  32. retell
  33. unfair
  34. prepay
  35. not respect
  36. repaint
  37. tell again
  38. visit again
  39. behave wrongly
  40. judge wrongly

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