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 honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
- 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
- 3.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
- 4.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) misread (d) preread
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 7.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect again
- 8.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
- 9.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
- 10.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 12.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
- 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 14.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
- 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
- 16.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit
- 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
- 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell before
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 20.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
- 21.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
- 22.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
- 23.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
- 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 25.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
- 26.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
- 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
- 29.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
- 30.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
- 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) disfill
- 32.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 33.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree before
- 34.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 35.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write again (d) write before
- 36.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
- 37.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
- 39.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) prepay
- 40.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) recontinue (d) uncontinue
Answer key
- dishonest
- heat before
- not lucky
- misread
- re-
- un-
- not respect
- unhappy
- recheck
- not loyal
- pre-
- behave wrongly
- unfair
- lead wrongly
- repaint
- revisit
- unequal
- tell again
- dis-
- reuse
- rejoin
- disallow
- disobey
- not tidy
- disrespect
- reopen
- mis-
- not common
- not well
- place wrongly
- refill
- not happy
- not agree
- not clear
- write again
- build again
- not allow
- unusual
- prepay
- discontinue
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