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 prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 2.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
- 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) pretell (d) untell
- 4.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
- 5.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) rehonest
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 8.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) misclear
- 9.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) check before
- 10.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
- 11.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
- 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 13.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) prerespect
- 14.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
- 15.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) preloyal (c) reloyal (d) unloyal
- 16.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) discook (d) precook
- 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 19.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
- 20.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
- 21.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 22.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 23.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) miswell (d) rewell
- 24.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
- 25.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
- 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
- 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
- 28.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
- 29.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
- 30.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) misopen
- 31.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) unlead
- 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
- 33.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 34.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) rehear
- 35.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) disbuild (d) misbuild
- 36.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) repay
- 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) read again
- 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave again
- 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 40.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
Answer key
- un-
- revisit
- retell
- not kind
- dishonest
- re-
- dis-
- unclear
- check again
- unhappy
- pay before
- not tidy
- disrespect
- unlucky
- disloyal
- precook
- mis-
- pre-
- disobey
- not safe
- judge wrongly
- heat before
- unwell
- misjudge
- prejudge
- visit again
- write again
- fill again
- discontinue
- reopen
- mislead
- not honest
- hear wrongly
- mishear
- rebuild
- prepay
- read wrongly
- behave wrongly
- use again
- not usual
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