Prefix Worksheet
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.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) misfair (c) refair (d) unfair
- 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 3.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
- 4.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) happy again
- 5.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
- 6.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
- 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 9.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
- 10.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) misread (c) reread (d) preread
- 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
- 12.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
- 13.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
- 14.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
- 15.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) recount
- 16.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
- 17.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
- 18.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) unwell
- 19.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
- 20.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) discook
- 21.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
- 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 23.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) preview (d) misview
- 24.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) unlead (d) relead
- 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 27.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
- 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 29.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) pretell
- 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
- 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 32.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
- 33.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) misplace
- 34.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
- 35.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
- 36.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
- 38.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
- 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
- 40.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
Answer key
- unfair
- not kind
- misspell
- not happy
- open again
- dishonest
- mis-
- re-
- tell again
- misread
- place wrongly
- not safe
- prepay
- hear wrongly
- miscount
- not lucky
- prejudge
- unwell
- repaint
- precook
- not clear
- pre-
- preview
- mislead
- play again
- unequal
- disagree
- un-
- retell
- view before
- heat before
- not allow
- misplace
- not equal
- unsafe
- judge wrongly
- untidy
- not respect
- discontinue
- rebuild
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