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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 992 · 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 “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  2. 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
  3. 3.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  4. 4.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  5. 5.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
  7. 7.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
  8. 8.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  9. 9.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  10. 10.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear before
  11. 11.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
  12. 12.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  13. 13.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) disopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  14. 14.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  17. 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  19. 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  21. 21.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  22. 22.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  24. 24.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  25. 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  26. 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  27. 27.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  28. 28.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  29. 29.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  30. 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  31. 31.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  33. 33.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  34. 34.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) prelucky
  36. 36.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  37. 37.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) misspell (c) respell (d) disspell
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
  39. 39.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  40. 40.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) not join

Answer key

  1. not tidy
  2. not usual
  3. misjudge
  4. unclear
  5. not well
  6. misunderstand
  7. tell again
  8. behave wrongly
  9. reuse
  10. not clear
  11. recheck
  12. understand wrongly
  13. reopen
  14. misbehave
  15. mis-
  16. dis-
  17. pay before
  18. rewrite
  19. unsafe
  20. un-
  21. not honest
  22. judge wrongly
  23. re-
  24. unwell
  25. pre-
  26. unkind
  27. not safe
  28. discontinue
  29. place wrongly
  30. cook before
  31. hear wrongly
  32. not lucky
  33. not equal
  34. read wrongly
  35. unlucky
  36. not common
  37. misspell
  38. visit again
  39. judge before
  40. join again

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