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) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
- 2.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
- 3.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
- 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 6.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) miscontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
- 7.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
- 8.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
- 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 10.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
- 11.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
- 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) pretidy
- 14.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) dishear
- 15.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
- 16.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
- 17.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) disusual
- 18.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
- 19.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
- 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
- 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 25.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 26.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) display (d) unplay
- 27.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) unwell
- 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) unopen
- 29.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 30.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
- 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
- 32.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
- 33.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
- 34.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
- 35.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
- 36.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
- 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) prewrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
- 38.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 39.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) preread (d) disread
- 40.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
Answer key
- not honest
- unkind
- behave wrongly
- disallow
- pre-
- discontinue
- mislead
- uncommon
- re-
- not allow
- rejoin
- mis-
- untidy
- mishear
- cook before
- prejudge
- unusual
- not well
- play again
- un-
- misuse
- disobey
- not obey
- dis-
- unfair
- replay
- unwell
- reopen
- tell again
- visit again
- build again
- rebuild
- not kind
- not continue
- revisit
- write again
- rewrite
- judge before
- misread
- unequal
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