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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 922 · 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 word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) preobey (d) unobey
  2. 2.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  5. 5.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
  6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
  7. 7.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
  8. 8.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  9. 9.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  10. 10.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  11. 11.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  12. 12.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count before (d) count again
  13. 13.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  15. 15.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  16. 16.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  18. 18.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  19. 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
  20. 20.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) disfair
  21. 21.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  22. 22.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
  23. 23.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) uncontinue
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) replay (d) preplay
  26. 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  27. 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  28. 28.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  29. 29.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
  30. 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) recook (d) precook
  31. 31.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
  33. 33.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
  34. 34.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  35. 35.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  36. 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  37. 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  38. 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  40. 40.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again

Answer key

  1. disobey
  2. unwell
  3. dis-
  4. behave wrongly
  5. check again
  6. uncommon
  7. misbehave
  8. tell again
  9. understand wrongly
  10. not clear
  11. write again
  12. count wrongly
  13. misunderstand
  14. re-
  15. lead wrongly
  16. read wrongly
  17. mis-
  18. heat again
  19. not usual
  20. unfair
  21. not happy
  22. play again
  23. discontinue
  24. not well
  25. replay
  26. pre-
  27. judge before
  28. reuse
  29. not safe
  30. precook
  31. prejudge
  32. not obey
  33. spell wrongly
  34. not honest
  35. disrespect
  36. misplace
  37. unkind
  38. rejoin
  39. judge wrongly
  40. not loyal

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