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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 963 · 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 “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) honest before
  2. 2.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
  3. 3.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  4. 4.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  6. 6.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
  8. 8.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) disbehave
  10. 10.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  11. 11.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) mislead (c) prelead (d) relead
  12. 12.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
  13. 13.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
  14. 14.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe before
  15. 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
  16. 16.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
  17. 17.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) not well (d) well again
  18. 18.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  19. 19.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
  20. 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  22. 22.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  23. 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  24. 24.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  25. 25.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  26. 26.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
  27. 27.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
  28. 28.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) untell (d) mistell
  29. 29.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
  30. 30.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview
  31. 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
  32. 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) preunderstand
  33. 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  34. 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  35. 35.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) not continue
  36. 36.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  37. 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) discount
  38. 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  39. 39.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  40. 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) precook (d) miscook

Answer key

  1. not honest
  2. disrespect
  3. recheck
  4. not happy
  5. preheat
  6. read wrongly
  7. not common
  8. heat before
  9. misbehave
  10. mishear
  11. mislead
  12. disobey
  13. reopen
  14. not safe
  15. heat again
  16. unusual
  17. not well
  18. misplace
  19. disloyal
  20. not lucky
  21. pre-
  22. re-
  23. not obey
  24. misuse
  25. judge wrongly
  26. not allow
  27. visit again
  28. retell
  29. view before
  30. preview
  31. open again
  32. misunderstand
  33. dis-
  34. join again
  35. not continue
  36. mis-
  37. miscount
  38. prejudge
  39. fill again
  40. precook

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