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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 989 · 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 “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  3. 3.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) repay
  4. 4.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  7. 7.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) mistell (d) retell
  8. 8.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  9. 9.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  10. 10.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  11. 11.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) disallow (c) preallow (d) unallow
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  14. 14.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  15. 15.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
  16. 16.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  17. 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) preunderstand
  19. 19.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  20. 20.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) rehear
  21. 21.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
  22. 22.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  23. 23.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
  24. 24.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  25. 25.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) prebehave
  26. 26.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
  27. 27.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  28. 28.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  29. 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  30. 30.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) disspell
  31. 31.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
  32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  33. 33.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  35. 35.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
  36. 36.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  37. 37.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
  38. 38.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  39. 39.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  40. 40.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) preuse

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. prejudge
  3. prepay
  4. count wrongly
  5. pre-
  6. not common
  7. retell
  8. unsafe
  9. judge before
  10. use again
  11. disallow
  12. mis-
  13. paint again
  14. lead wrongly
  15. not fair
  16. tell again
  17. pay before
  18. misunderstand
  19. repaint
  20. mishear
  21. not respect
  22. not continue
  23. disobey
  24. unequal
  25. misbehave
  26. not kind
  27. misjudge
  28. read wrongly
  29. un-
  30. misspell
  31. write again
  32. unfair
  33. not loyal
  34. dis-
  35. not obey
  36. not equal
  37. join again
  38. unhappy
  39. unclear
  40. misuse

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