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 “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 3.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 5.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
- 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 8.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
- 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 10.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
- 11.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
- 12.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) prejoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
- 13.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) play again (d) not play
- 14.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 16.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
- 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 18.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) distell
- 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 20.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
- 21.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 22.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) rewell
- 23.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
- 25.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 26.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
- 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
- 28.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
- 30.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
- 31.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 32.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) replace
- 33.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
- 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
- 36.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) disfill
- 37.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
- 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
- 40.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
Answer key
- not respect
- re-
- unhappy
- dis-
- disrespect
- unusual
- pre-
- not fair
- mis-
- visit again
- misunderstand
- rejoin
- play again
- prejudge
- un-
- prepay
- not safe
- retell
- not usual
- uncommon
- misjudge
- unwell
- unclear
- not well
- not honest
- unsafe
- not allow
- use wrongly
- build again
- revisit
- preheat
- misplace
- hear wrongly
- not tidy
- unequal
- refill
- place wrongly
- not kind
- discontinue
- disallow
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