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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 931 · 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 “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
  4. 4.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  5. 5.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) unhear (d) mishear
  8. 8.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  9. 9.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) replace
  12. 12.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  13. 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  14. 14.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
  15. 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  16. 16.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  17. 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) mishonest (d) rehonest
  18. 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  19. 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  20. 20.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  21. 21.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
  22. 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) miskind
  24. 24.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
  25. 25.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  27. 27.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) review (d) disview
  28. 28.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave again
  29. 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  30. 30.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  31. 31.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  32. 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
  33. 33.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
  34. 34.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
  35. 35.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  36. 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  37. 37.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue before
  38. 38.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  39. 39.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
  40. 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly

Answer key

  1. not honest
  2. un-
  3. cook before
  4. not tidy
  5. uncommon
  6. re-
  7. mishear
  8. use again
  9. repaint
  10. mis-
  11. misplace
  12. fill again
  13. join again
  14. not fair
  15. pre-
  16. heat again
  17. dishonest
  18. misbehave
  19. not happy
  20. judge wrongly
  21. rewrite
  22. write again
  23. unkind
  24. recheck
  25. misunderstand
  26. dis-
  27. preview
  28. behave wrongly
  29. unwell
  30. prejudge
  31. prepay
  32. disobey
  33. not equal
  34. misspell
  35. reuse
  36. not kind
  37. not continue
  38. preheat
  39. lead wrongly
  40. read wrongly

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