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 “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 2.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
- 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 5.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
- 6.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) dislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 7.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
- 8.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) displace
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 10.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
- 11.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
- 12.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) place before
- 13.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 14.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) misopen
- 15.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) prewell (d) diswell
- 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 17.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
- 18.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
- 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay before
- 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
- 21.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) untell (d) retell
- 22.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
- 23.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
- 24.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) disfill (c) unfill (d) misfill
- 25.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) unspell
- 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
- 27.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
- 28.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
- 29.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 30.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
- 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 33.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
- 34.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
- 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
- 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) discook (c) miscook (d) precook
Answer key
- judge before
- open again
- re-
- mis-
- repaint
- unlucky
- untidy
- misplace
- un-
- not loyal
- reuse
- place wrongly
- heat again
- reopen
- unwell
- unclear
- use wrongly
- disobey
- pay before
- not well
- retell
- unsafe
- uncommon
- refill
- misspell
- disrespect
- preheat
- fill again
- pre-
- not happy
- unkind
- dis-
- not clear
- hear wrongly
- not kind
- recheck
- not equal
- prejudge
- use again
- precook
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