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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 969 · 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 “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  2. 2.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  3. 3.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  4. 4.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) prehappy
  5. 5.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) respell
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) uncook (c) discook (d) recook
  8. 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
  9. 9.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) recontinue (d) uncontinue
  11. 11.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) display (d) preplay
  12. 12.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
  13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  14. 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  16. 16.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
  19. 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  20. 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
  21. 21.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
  22. 22.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  23. 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  24. 24.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
  25. 25.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  26. 26.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) prefill
  27. 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  28. 28.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
  29. 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
  30. 30.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  31. 31.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) dispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  32. 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) not join (d) join again
  33. 33.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
  34. 34.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
  35. 35.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  36. 36.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  37. 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  38. 38.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) prehear
  39. 39.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) miscommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand

Answer key

  1. lead wrongly
  2. not continue
  3. misbehave
  4. unhappy
  5. misspell
  6. dis-
  7. precook
  8. not usual
  9. write again
  10. discontinue
  11. replay
  12. disagree
  13. untidy
  14. count wrongly
  15. un-
  16. not loyal
  17. re-
  18. rejoin
  19. mis-
  20. hear wrongly
  21. not clear
  22. judge wrongly
  23. not agree
  24. not fair
  25. not well
  26. refill
  27. not allow
  28. unkind
  29. misjudge
  30. behave wrongly
  31. prepay
  32. join again
  33. disobey
  34. disloyal
  35. not lucky
  36. paint again
  37. judge before
  38. mishear
  39. uncommon
  40. understand wrongly

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