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 agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
- 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
- 3.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) rehear
- 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 8.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
- 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) preplace
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 11.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
- 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 13.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
- 14.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
- 15.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay again
- 16.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
- 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 18.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
- 19.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 20.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
- 21.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
- 22.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) prerespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
- 23.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) distell
- 24.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
- 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
- 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) unhappy
- 27.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 28.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 29.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) read before
- 30.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
- 31.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
- 32.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 33.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) misfill
- 34.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 35.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 36.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
- 37.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
- 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
- 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
Answer key
- disagree
- not usual
- mishear
- dishonest
- dis-
- cook before
- pre-
- not well
- misplace
- un-
- revisit
- re-
- unusual
- not honest
- pay before
- miscount
- mis-
- not continue
- not lucky
- rewrite
- behave wrongly
- disrespect
- retell
- lead wrongly
- place wrongly
- unhappy
- hear wrongly
- heat before
- read wrongly
- untidy
- reopen
- misjudge
- refill
- not fair
- not tidy
- rebuild
- fill again
- visit again
- spell wrongly
- judge wrongly
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