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 prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 2.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) repay
- 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) rewell
- 4.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 6.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 7.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
- 8.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
- 9.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) recommon
- 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
- 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) not agree
- 12.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
- 13.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 17.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 18.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
- 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) disfill (d) unfill
- 20.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 21.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
- 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
- 24.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) display (d) replay
- 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) not paint
- 26.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 27.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) not visit
- 28.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 29.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 30.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 31.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
- 32.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
- 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
- 34.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
- 35.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
- 36.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
- 37.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 38.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
- 39.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
- 40.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
Answer key
- mis-
- prepay
- unwell
- not clear
- re-
- heat again
- count wrongly
- rebuild
- uncommon
- not tidy
- not agree
- behave wrongly
- not kind
- unsafe
- un-
- pre-
- check again
- join again
- refill
- reuse
- unkind
- hear wrongly
- untidy
- replay
- paint again
- not happy
- visit again
- not obey
- use again
- open again
- prejudge
- repaint
- lead wrongly
- play again
- unusual
- not fair
- judge wrongly
- disagree
- fill again
- misbehave
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