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) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 2.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) reallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
- 3.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 5.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
- 6.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
- 7.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
- 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 9.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) disread (d) misread
- 10.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) display (d) unplay
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 12.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
- 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
- 14.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
- 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 16.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 17.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) distell (d) pretell
- 18.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
- 19.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) unvisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
- 20.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) rehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
- 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 22.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
- 23.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) prewell (d) miswell
- 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
- 25.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
- 26.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) discount
- 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) prelead (d) mislead
- 28.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 29.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 30.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell again
- 31.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
- 32.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 33.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
- 34.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
- 35.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
- 36.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
- 37.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
- 38.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
- 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
- 40.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
Answer key
- dis-
- disallow
- not equal
- pre-
- read wrongly
- not loyal
- disobey
- heat again
- misread
- replay
- un-
- not continue
- unkind
- place wrongly
- judge before
- not fair
- retell
- rewrite
- revisit
- mishear
- re-
- open again
- unwell
- unlucky
- lead wrongly
- miscount
- mislead
- unequal
- mis-
- tell again
- reheat
- not usual
- repaint
- hear wrongly
- unusual
- build again
- fill again
- not allow
- not honest
- disrespect
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