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 “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
- 2.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
- 3.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
- 4.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
- 5.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) rekind
- 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) preloyal (d) misloyal
- 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 9.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 12.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
- 13.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 14.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 15.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
- 16.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
- 17.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
- 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 19.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 20.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
- 21.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) mispay
- 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
- 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 25.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) misspell
- 26.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
- 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) misplay (d) unplay
- 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) previsit (d) unvisit
- 29.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
- 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
- 31.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
- 32.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
- 33.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
- 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 35.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
- 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) unplace
- 37.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) mishonest (d) prehonest
- 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) not open
- 39.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
- 40.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
Answer key
- repaint
- not fair
- unhappy
- disobey
- unkind
- disloyal
- mis-
- re-
- unlucky
- un-
- pre-
- recheck
- behave wrongly
- judge before
- misjudge
- spell wrongly
- paint again
- not safe
- use wrongly
- prejudge
- prepay
- not usual
- tell again
- dis-
- misspell
- disallow
- replay
- revisit
- join again
- not respect
- not clear
- not tidy
- disagree
- heat again
- reopen
- misplace
- dishonest
- open again
- rewrite
- disrespect
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