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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 967 · 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 prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  3. 3.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
  6. 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  7. 7.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  8. 8.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  9. 9.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  10. 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  11. 11.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
  12. 12.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) mischeck
  16. 16.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) unfill
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  20. 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) prebehave
  21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  22. 22.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) diswell
  23. 23.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  24. 24.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  25. 25.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) preallow
  26. 26.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  27. 27.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  28. 28.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  29. 29.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  30. 30.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  32. 32.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  33. 33.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) uncook (d) precook
  34. 34.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  36. 36.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
  37. 37.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  38. 38.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
  39. 39.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. not fair
  3. tell again
  4. dis-
  5. untidy
  6. not common
  7. behave wrongly
  8. not happy
  9. not equal
  10. not tidy
  11. not continue
  12. open again
  13. not obey
  14. un-
  15. recheck
  16. understand wrongly
  17. refill
  18. pre-
  19. re-
  20. misbehave
  21. unhappy
  22. unwell
  23. not well
  24. judge wrongly
  25. disallow
  26. count wrongly
  27. use wrongly
  28. view before
  29. not allow
  30. hear wrongly
  31. unkind
  32. fill again
  33. precook
  34. heat before
  35. reopen
  36. read wrongly
  37. unequal
  38. not respect
  39. not agree
  40. rejoin

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