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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 953 · 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 “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  2. 2.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) misallow
  3. 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) untell (d) retell
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  6. 6.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) misread (c) unread (d) disread
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  8. 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  11. 11.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  12. 12.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  13. 13.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  17. 17.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) fill before
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  19. 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  20. 20.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  21. 21.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) not check
  22. 22.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  23. 23.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  24. 24.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) reagree
  25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  26. 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  27. 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) display
  28. 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  29. 29.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  30. 30.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  31. 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  33. 33.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) dishear
  34. 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
  35. 35.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  36. 36.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
  37. 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  38. 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) disjoin (d) unjoin
  39. 39.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) disbehave
  40. 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) discook (c) precook (d) uncook

Answer key

  1. judge wrongly
  2. disallow
  3. retell
  4. un-
  5. prejudge
  6. misread
  7. not common
  8. heat again
  9. mis-
  10. not continue
  11. not kind
  12. misjudge
  13. not fair
  14. dis-
  15. re-
  16. pre-
  17. fill again
  18. understand wrongly
  19. unusual
  20. not safe
  21. check again
  22. reuse
  23. preheat
  24. disagree
  25. not agree
  26. not well
  27. replay
  28. open again
  29. spell wrongly
  30. unkind
  31. not respect
  32. behave wrongly
  33. mishear
  34. not tidy
  35. not lucky
  36. unhappy
  37. misuse
  38. rejoin
  39. misbehave
  40. precook

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