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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 937 · 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 “open again”? (a) unopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
  2. 2.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  3. 3.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) prehear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  9. 9.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  10. 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) prebehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
  11. 11.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
  12. 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  13. 13.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  14. 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
  15. 15.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  16. 16.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  17. 17.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
  18. 18.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  19. 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  20. 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
  21. 21.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  22. 22.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
  23. 23.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
  24. 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  25. 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  27. 27.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) misallow (d) preallow
  28. 28.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) repay (c) mispay (d) prepay
  29. 29.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) unplay (d) display
  30. 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect again
  31. 31.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  32. 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  33. 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  34. 34.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) not play
  35. 35.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  36. 36.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  37. 37.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) review (d) misview
  38. 38.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  39. 39.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  40. 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly

Answer key

  1. reopen
  2. read wrongly
  3. understand wrongly
  4. mis-
  5. re-
  6. miscount
  7. un-
  8. mishear
  9. unequal
  10. misbehave
  11. disobey
  12. not kind
  13. use wrongly
  14. unsafe
  15. not equal
  16. reuse
  17. revisit
  18. hear wrongly
  19. not usual
  20. spell wrongly
  21. not tidy
  22. rejoin
  23. write again
  24. pre-
  25. heat again
  26. prejudge
  27. disallow
  28. prepay
  29. replay
  30. not respect
  31. not fair
  32. untidy
  33. not lucky
  34. play again
  35. pay before
  36. unclear
  37. preview
  38. tell again
  39. behave wrongly
  40. paint again

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