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.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
- 2.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
- 3.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) reallow
- 5.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count before (d) count wrongly
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 8.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) unrespect
- 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
- 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
- 11.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
- 12.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 13.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
- 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 15.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
- 16.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
- 17.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
- 18.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) recook (c) miscook (d) discook
- 20.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view again (d) view wrongly
- 21.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 22.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) discount (d) miscount
- 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) not tell
- 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
- 25.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) not write
- 26.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
- 27.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) misusual
- 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
- 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before
- 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 31.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
- 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 33.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 34.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 35.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
- 36.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
- 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 38.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
- 39.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 40.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) not join (d) join wrongly
Answer key
- fill again
- rebuild
- misjudge
- disallow
- count wrongly
- re-
- un-
- disrespect
- unclear
- unwell
- discontinue
- play again
- not kind
- pre-
- check again
- read wrongly
- understand wrongly
- hear wrongly
- precook
- view before
- heat again
- miscount
- tell again
- visit again
- write again
- disagree
- unusual
- not lucky
- not agree
- dis-
- reopen
- not honest
- unequal
- not safe
- reheat
- not fair
- judge before
- recheck
- mis-
- join again
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