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 “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
- 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
- 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) rewell
- 4.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
- 5.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
- 6.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
- 9.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) refair (d) disfair
- 10.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 11.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 12.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join before (d) join wrongly
- 13.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
- 14.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
- 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 18.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) disread (c) preread (d) unread
- 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) preclear
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 21.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 22.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) prebuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
- 23.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
- 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
- 25.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
- 26.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) recount (d) precount
- 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 28.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
- 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 30.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
- 31.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
- 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) recook
- 33.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
- 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
- 35.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) presafe
- 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
- 37.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
- 38.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
- 39.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
- 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
Answer key
- not usual
- not tidy
- unwell
- prejudge
- not equal
- not safe
- un-
- unusual
- unfair
- use again
- not fair
- join again
- reheat
- not kind
- pre-
- mis-
- re-
- misread
- unclear
- dis-
- heat again
- rebuild
- not allow
- build again
- repaint
- miscount
- judge before
- not loyal
- judge wrongly
- not common
- not lucky
- precook
- disloyal
- open again
- unsafe
- uncommon
- paint again
- not honest
- visit again
- cook before
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