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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 947 · 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 “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  3. 3.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
  4. 4.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  5. 5.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) miswell
  6. 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  9. 9.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  10. 10.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow again
  11. 11.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
  12. 12.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  14. 14.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  15. 15.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) read before
  16. 16.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) prejoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
  17. 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
  18. 18.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
  19. 19.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  21. 21.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  22. 22.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  23. 23.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) place again (d) not place
  24. 24.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  25. 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  26. 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  27. 27.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) displace
  28. 28.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) misread (c) unread (d) reread
  29. 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  30. 30.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  31. 31.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
  32. 32.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  33. 33.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) disspell
  34. 34.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  35. 35.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  36. 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  37. 37.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  39. 39.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  40. 40.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before

Answer key

  1. not obey
  2. misjudge
  3. misbehave
  4. not clear
  5. unwell
  6. disrespect
  7. dis-
  8. mis-
  9. spell wrongly
  10. not allow
  11. pay before
  12. not usual
  13. pre-
  14. unkind
  15. read wrongly
  16. rejoin
  17. not equal
  18. not kind
  19. reheat
  20. un-
  21. lead wrongly
  22. use again
  23. place wrongly
  24. cook before
  25. play again
  26. re-
  27. misplace
  28. misread
  29. open again
  30. unhappy
  31. uncommon
  32. not tidy
  33. misspell
  34. not happy
  35. visit again
  36. unequal
  37. join again
  38. misuse
  39. prepay
  40. not respect

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