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 “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
- 2.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
- 3.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 4.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) unloyal
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 7.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 9.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) repay
- 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
- 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
- 14.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) prehonest
- 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 16.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
- 17.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
- 18.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
- 19.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common again (d) common before
- 20.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) mislucky
- 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
- 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
- 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 24.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
- 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 26.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
- 27.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) disfair
- 28.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
- 29.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
- 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) not view
- 31.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
- 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) misfill
- 33.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) prekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
- 34.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) disallow (c) preallow (d) unallow
- 35.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
- 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
- 37.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) recook (d) miscook
- 38.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
- 39.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
- 40.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
Answer key
- not safe
- count wrongly
- not tidy
- disloyal
- pre-
- dis-
- unsafe
- mis-
- prepay
- re-
- un-
- untidy
- unclear
- dishonest
- judge before
- not continue
- recheck
- not fair
- not common
- unlucky
- not well
- disobey
- heat before
- tell again
- not lucky
- misunderstand
- unfair
- uncommon
- unhappy
- view before
- not loyal
- refill
- unkind
- disallow
- cook before
- repaint
- precook
- read wrongly
- reheat
- visit again
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