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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 970 · 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 “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  2. 2.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  3. 3.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
  4. 4.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
  5. 5.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  6. 6.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  8. 8.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
  11. 11.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  12. 12.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  13. 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  14. 14.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  16. 16.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  17. 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  18. 18.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  20. 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  21. 21.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  22. 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  23. 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  24. 24.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  25. 25.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
  26. 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  27. 27.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue before
  28. 28.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view again (d) view wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  30. 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  31. 31.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) disvisit
  32. 32.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  33. 33.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  34. 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  35. 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  36. 36.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
  37. 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  38. 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  40. 40.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly

Answer key

  1. read wrongly
  2. heat again
  3. disobey
  4. mishear
  5. check again
  6. count wrongly
  7. re-
  8. not common
  9. dis-
  10. disagree
  11. untidy
  12. unequal
  13. lead wrongly
  14. not lucky
  15. unsafe
  16. use again
  17. not equal
  18. judge before
  19. reuse
  20. not happy
  21. misspell
  22. pay before
  23. not agree
  24. discontinue
  25. rewrite
  26. dishonest
  27. not continue
  28. view before
  29. disallow
  30. un-
  31. revisit
  32. pre-
  33. mis-
  34. behave wrongly
  35. misbehave
  36. unusual
  37. unlucky
  38. heat before
  39. unkind
  40. place wrongly

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