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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 993 · 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 “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  5. 5.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  6. 6.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  7. 7.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  8. 8.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) prekind
  9. 9.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  10. 10.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) not kind
  11. 11.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
  12. 12.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
  13. 13.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) clear before
  14. 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
  15. 15.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  16. 16.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
  17. 17.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  18. 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
  19. 19.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  20. 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  21. 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  23. 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
  25. 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  26. 26.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) not lead
  27. 27.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  29. 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  30. 30.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  31. 31.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  32. 32.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open before (d) open wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  34. 34.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  35. 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) misclear (c) reclear (d) preclear
  36. 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
  37. 37.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  38. 38.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
  39. 39.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) displace
  40. 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) precook (d) miscook

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. not agree
  3. pre-
  4. misspell
  5. use again
  6. view before
  7. misunderstand
  8. unkind
  9. check again
  10. not kind
  11. hear wrongly
  12. unusual
  13. not clear
  14. tell again
  15. heat before
  16. not usual
  17. disobey
  18. not loyal
  19. spell wrongly
  20. misbehave
  21. disagree
  22. un-
  23. use wrongly
  24. disrespect
  25. mis-
  26. lead wrongly
  27. fill again
  28. join again
  29. not happy
  30. build again
  31. not lucky
  32. open again
  33. untidy
  34. reuse
  35. unclear
  36. repaint
  37. count wrongly
  38. discontinue
  39. misplace
  40. precook

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