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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 938 · 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 “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  3. 3.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read before
  4. 4.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) preread (d) disread
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  6. 6.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  7. 7.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
  8. 8.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  12. 12.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  13. 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  15. 15.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  17. 17.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) distell
  18. 18.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
  19. 19.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  20. 20.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
  21. 21.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) display
  22. 22.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  23. 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  24. 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  26. 26.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  28. 28.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow again
  29. 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  30. 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) recook
  31. 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  32. 32.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  33. 33.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
  34. 34.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) unhear
  35. 35.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) rehonest
  36. 36.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  37. 37.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
  38. 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  39. 39.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  40. 40.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell before

Answer key

  1. place wrongly
  2. unclear
  3. read wrongly
  4. misread
  5. untidy
  6. use wrongly
  7. not loyal
  8. not lucky
  9. pre-
  10. mis-
  11. not happy
  12. heat again
  13. lead wrongly
  14. re-
  15. unkind
  16. un-
  17. retell
  18. join again
  19. not kind
  20. disagree
  21. replay
  22. preheat
  23. not tidy
  24. not obey
  25. unhappy
  26. open again
  27. unlucky
  28. not allow
  29. judge wrongly
  30. precook
  31. not well
  32. visit again
  33. fill again
  34. mishear
  35. dishonest
  36. pay before
  37. misbehave
  38. rewrite
  39. reuse
  40. tell again

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