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 “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
- 2.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
- 3.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
- 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
- 6.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 11.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 12.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) preview (c) misview (d) disview
- 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 14.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 15.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
- 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
- 17.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) reread (d) misread
- 18.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
- 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
- 20.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
- 21.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
- 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) not well
- 23.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
- 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
- 25.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) lead again
- 26.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
- 27.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) mishear
- 28.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
- 29.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) preplay
- 30.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
- 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
- 32.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 33.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
- 34.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
- 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
- 36.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 37.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
- 38.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
- 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
- 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
Answer key
- dishonest
- misbehave
- behave wrongly
- re-
- not happy
- heat before
- dis-
- disallow
- pre-
- un-
- tell again
- preview
- mis-
- preheat
- misunderstand
- not kind
- misread
- build again
- unclear
- not safe
- pay before
- not well
- not honest
- unhappy
- lead wrongly
- write again
- mishear
- not loyal
- replay
- disloyal
- misjudge
- hear wrongly
- recheck
- unequal
- play again
- judge before
- place wrongly
- reopen
- use again
- not clear
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