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 “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count again (d) count before
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 3.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) preequal
- 4.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 7.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
- 8.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) not join (d) join again
- 9.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
- 10.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) unplay (d) replay
- 11.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
- 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
- 13.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 15.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
- 16.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 17.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
- 18.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
- 19.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 21.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
- 22.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 23.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) pretell
- 24.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
- 25.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
- 26.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
- 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
- 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 29.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
- 30.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read before
- 31.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) reloyal
- 32.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
- 33.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
- 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
- 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
- 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
- 37.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
- 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
- 39.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue again
- 40.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
Answer key
- count wrongly
- un-
- unequal
- not safe
- mis-
- misjudge
- not obey
- join again
- not clear
- replay
- repaint
- untidy
- open again
- re-
- tell again
- use again
- lead wrongly
- reuse
- use wrongly
- pre-
- place wrongly
- judge wrongly
- retell
- paint again
- refill
- unsafe
- write again
- dis-
- unhappy
- read wrongly
- disloyal
- misbehave
- rewrite
- disobey
- recheck
- not kind
- not agree
- unusual
- not continue
- unlucky
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