Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 116 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) discount (d) miscount
2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
4. 4.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
5. 5.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) distell
6. 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
7. 7.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) recheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
8. 8.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) prepay
9. 9.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
10. 10.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
11. 11.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
13. 13.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
14. 14.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) diswell
15. 15.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) prehappy
16. 16.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
17. 17.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
18. 18.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
19. 19.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) prebehave (d) unbehave
20. 20.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
21. 21.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
22. 22.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
24. 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
25. 25.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
26. 26.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
27. 27.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
28. 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
29. 29.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) paint before
30. 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
31. 31.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) reagree
32. 32.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
33. 33.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) preallow (d) misallow
34. 34.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand again
35. 35.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
36. 36.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
37. 37.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
38. 38.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) replace
39. 39.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
40. 40.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) misfair

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