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 “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
- 2.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) diswrite
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 6.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) unview (d) misview
- 7.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
- 8.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
- 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) not check
- 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 12.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
- 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
- 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 18.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
- 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
- 20.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
- 21.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
- 22.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
- 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
- 24.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
- 26.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
- 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 28.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 29.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
- 30.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 31.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) not understand
- 32.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) untell
- 33.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) unjoin (c) prejoin (d) disjoin
- 34.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 35.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
- 36.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 37.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) mispay
- 38.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
- 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
- 40.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
Answer key
- not honest
- preheat
- pre-
- rewrite
- dis-
- preview
- discontinue
- not happy
- heat again
- check again
- mis-
- visit again
- un-
- not common
- repaint
- recheck
- pay before
- build again
- not usual
- unkind
- read wrongly
- misbehave
- not agree
- not safe
- join again
- fill again
- not allow
- judge before
- disagree
- re-
- understand wrongly
- retell
- rejoin
- uncommon
- unsafe
- not lucky
- prepay
- not equal
- unusual
- unclear
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