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 word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 2.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
- 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
- 4.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) reloyal
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) recount (d) miscount
- 7.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 11.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
- 12.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 14.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow again (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
- 15.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
- 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
- 17.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
- 18.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 19.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) mishear
- 20.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) unopen
- 21.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) refair
- 22.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
- 23.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) not fill (d) fill before
- 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
- 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
- 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
- 28.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
- 29.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) not count
- 30.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
- 31.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
- 32.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) unplay (d) display
- 33.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
- 34.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 35.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) discook (d) miscook
- 36.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
- 37.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
- 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) repay (c) dispay (d) prepay
- 39.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) disfill
- 40.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) unlead
Answer key
- misjudge
- not lucky
- unwell
- disloyal
- pre-
- miscount
- heat again
- play again
- dis-
- re-
- not continue
- disagree
- un-
- not allow
- preheat
- not obey
- reuse
- not tidy
- mishear
- reopen
- unfair
- discontinue
- fill again
- not well
- mis-
- disobey
- untidy
- disrespect
- count wrongly
- unkind
- unclear
- replay
- unhappy
- judge wrongly
- precook
- check again
- dishonest
- prepay
- refill
- mislead
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