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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 948 · 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 “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
  6. 6.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
  7. 7.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) not allow
  8. 8.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) recontinue
  9. 9.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  13. 13.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) prebehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  14. 14.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
  15. 15.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) reread (d) preread
  16. 16.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  17. 17.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  18. 18.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  19. 19.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  20. 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  21. 21.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  22. 22.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  23. 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
  24. 24.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
  25. 25.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  26. 26.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  27. 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  28. 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  29. 29.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
  30. 30.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  31. 31.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
  32. 32.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
  34. 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  35. 35.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
  36. 36.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  37. 37.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) unlead
  38. 38.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  39. 39.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) preview (d) unview
  40. 40.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal

Answer key

  1. preheat
  2. pre-
  3. mis-
  4. unkind
  5. untidy
  6. behave wrongly
  7. not allow
  8. discontinue
  9. write again
  10. un-
  11. re-
  12. dis-
  13. misbehave
  14. rewrite
  15. misread
  16. not usual
  17. not respect
  18. not tidy
  19. not kind
  20. not well
  21. join again
  22. tell again
  23. not agree
  24. open again
  25. misplace
  26. count wrongly
  27. cook before
  28. not common
  29. mishear
  30. misspell
  31. not honest
  32. heat again
  33. reopen
  34. misuse
  35. disallow
  36. check again
  37. mislead
  38. not safe
  39. preview
  40. disloyal

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