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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 968 · 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 “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
  2. 2.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  3. 3.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  4. 4.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  5. 5.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) display (d) preplay
  6. 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  10. 10.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  11. 11.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) preunderstand
  12. 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
  13. 13.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  14. 14.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
  15. 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  16. 16.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  17. 17.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
  18. 18.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
  20. 20.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  21. 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) discount (d) recount
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  23. 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  24. 24.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  25. 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
  26. 26.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  27. 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  28. 28.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) respell (c) unspell (d) disspell
  29. 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  30. 30.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) agree again
  31. 31.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) retell (d) untell
  32. 32.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
  33. 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  34. 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  35. 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) prehear (d) mishear
  37. 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
  38. 38.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  40. 40.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe

Answer key

  1. hear wrongly
  2. not respect
  3. unfair
  4. not obey
  5. replay
  6. disrespect
  7. mis-
  8. dis-
  9. misbehave
  10. not happy
  11. misunderstand
  12. not fair
  13. write again
  14. unusual
  15. not tidy
  16. heat before
  17. uncommon
  18. use again
  19. unclear
  20. preheat
  21. miscount
  22. un-
  23. untidy
  24. place wrongly
  25. not usual
  26. fill again
  27. cook before
  28. misspell
  29. re-
  30. not agree
  31. retell
  32. tell again
  33. not lucky
  34. disagree
  35. lead wrongly
  36. mishear
  37. rewrite
  38. pay before
  39. judge wrongly
  40. unsafe

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