Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 125 · 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 “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
2. 2.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) missafe
3. 3.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
4. 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
5. 5.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play again (d) play before
6. 6.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
7. 7.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) not kind
8. 8.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) unjoin
9. 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) preclear
10. 10.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
12. 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
13. 13.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
15. 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
16. 16.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
18. 18.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
19. 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
20. 20.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
22. 22.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
23. 23.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) well before
24. 24.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
25. 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
26. 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
27. 27.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
28. 28.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
29. 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) miscount (c) recount (d) uncount
30. 30.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
31. 31.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
32. 32.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) misview (c) preview (d) disview
33. 33.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
34. 34.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
35. 35.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
36. 36.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
37. 37.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
38. 38.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
40. 40.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) unread (d) reread

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