Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 172 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
2. 2.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) preplay (d) replay
3. 3.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) uncount
4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
5. 5.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
6. 6.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
7. 7.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave again
8. 8.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) not build
9. 9.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) disspell (d) misspell
10. 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
11. 11.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
13. 13.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count again
14. 14.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
16. 16.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) precook
17. 17.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) disread (d) misread
18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
19. 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
20. 20.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
22. 22.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
23. 23.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
24. 24.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
25. 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
26. 26.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) misclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
27. 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) not tell
28. 28.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
29. 29.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
30. 30.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
31. 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) unrespect (d) prerespect
32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) disfair
33. 33.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) not view (d) view again
34. 34.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
36. 36.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
37. 37.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) preplace
38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
39. 39.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) unview (d) misview
40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) prejoin

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