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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 99 · 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 word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) disread (d) reread
  2. 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
  3. 3.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  4. 4.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  5. 5.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  6. 6.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  8. 8.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  13. 13.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  14. 14.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect before
  15. 15.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
  16. 16.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  18. 18.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow again
  19. 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  20. 20.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  21. 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  22. 22.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
  23. 23.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
  24. 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  25. 25.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  26. 26.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  27. 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
  30. 30.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  31. 31.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  33. 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) prewell (d) unwell
  34. 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  35. 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) reclear (d) misclear
  36. 36.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  38. 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  39. 39.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  40. 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) rekind

Answer key

  1. misread
  2. not usual
  3. visit again
  4. join again
  5. judge wrongly
  6. judge before
  7. mis-
  8. lead wrongly
  9. un-
  10. refill
  11. dis-
  12. not common
  13. build again
  14. not respect
  15. not kind
  16. check again
  17. dishonest
  18. not allow
  19. pay before
  20. preheat
  21. re-
  22. disagree
  23. write again
  24. pre-
  25. uncommon
  26. unsafe
  27. untidy
  28. hear wrongly
  29. unusual
  30. unhappy
  31. behave wrongly
  32. reheat
  33. unwell
  34. not well
  35. unclear
  36. understand wrongly
  37. rebuild
  38. spell wrongly
  39. not tidy
  40. unkind

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