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 “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 3.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
- 4.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 5.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 7.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 8.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) untell
- 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
- 10.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 11.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) prelead
- 12.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
- 13.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 15.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
- 16.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
- 17.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
- 18.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) preclear
- 19.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) refair
- 20.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) place before (d) not place
- 21.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) unallow
- 22.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
- 23.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) allow again (d) not allow
- 24.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
- 25.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
- 26.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) refill
- 27.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
- 28.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) recook (d) uncook
- 29.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) not hear
- 30.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
- 31.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 32.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
- 33.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 34.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
- 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) replace
- 36.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) disview (c) unview (d) misview
- 37.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
- 38.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
- 39.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) paint before
- 40.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
Answer key
- pre-
- mis-
- disagree
- preheat
- open again
- dis-
- misjudge
- retell
- fill again
- not kind
- mislead
- not usual
- use wrongly
- un-
- disobey
- spell wrongly
- heat again
- unclear
- unfair
- place wrongly
- disallow
- misunderstand
- not allow
- dishonest
- unequal
- refill
- disrespect
- precook
- hear wrongly
- tell again
- not lucky
- revisit
- judge wrongly
- recheck
- misplace
- preview
- unhappy
- not agree
- paint again
- uncommon
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