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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 977 · 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 “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
  5. 5.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
  6. 6.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
  7. 7.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) discook (d) recook
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  10. 10.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
  11. 11.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) unopen
  12. 12.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  13. 13.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  14. 14.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  15. 15.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
  16. 16.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
  17. 17.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  18. 18.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  19. 19.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
  20. 20.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  21. 21.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
  22. 22.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) not common
  23. 23.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) unwrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  24. 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  26. 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand again
  27. 27.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) check again
  28. 28.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
  29. 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) discount
  30. 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  31. 31.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  32. 32.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  33. 33.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
  34. 34.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
  35. 35.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  36. 36.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
  37. 37.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) unvisit
  38. 38.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  39. 39.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook again
  40. 40.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) review

Answer key

  1. join again
  2. re-
  3. mis-
  4. misbehave
  5. disobey
  6. not obey
  7. precook
  8. pre-
  9. dis-
  10. not usual
  11. reopen
  12. write again
  13. open again
  14. disallow
  15. not continue
  16. not fair
  17. unhappy
  18. not kind
  19. not respect
  20. judge before
  21. not equal
  22. not common
  23. rewrite
  24. read wrongly
  25. un-
  26. understand wrongly
  27. check again
  28. view before
  29. miscount
  30. not clear
  31. reuse
  32. not safe
  33. misjudge
  34. rebuild
  35. judge wrongly
  36. paint again
  37. revisit
  38. not tidy
  39. cook before
  40. preview

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