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 “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) cook again
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 3.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
- 4.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 5.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join before (d) join wrongly
- 6.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) resafe
- 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
- 8.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) misvisit
- 9.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
- 10.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) miskind
- 11.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) mispay
- 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 13.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill before
- 14.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
- 15.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
- 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) not safe
- 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 18.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 20.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
- 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
- 22.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
- 23.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) uncount (d) miscount
- 24.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
- 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 26.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) miscommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
- 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
- 29.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
- 30.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
- 31.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 33.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
- 34.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
- 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 36.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
- 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
- 38.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
- 39.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 40.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) unplace
Answer key
- cook before
- dis-
- not usual
- use wrongly
- join again
- unsafe
- not lucky
- revisit
- count wrongly
- unkind
- prepay
- re-
- fill again
- unwell
- check again
- not safe
- mis-
- judge wrongly
- un-
- lead wrongly
- reheat
- visit again
- miscount
- recheck
- heat again
- not fair
- uncommon
- hear wrongly
- read wrongly
- place wrongly
- not common
- not kind
- not clear
- disrespect
- misjudge
- spell wrongly
- retell
- tell again
- view before
- misplace
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