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.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 3.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
- 4.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
- 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
- 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
- 7.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) dispay
- 8.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) not tell
- 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 10.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
- 11.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) not check
- 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) precommon
- 13.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) disvisit
- 14.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
- 15.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
- 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
- 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
- 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
- 19.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
- 20.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
- 21.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) misbuild (d) disbuild
- 22.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
- 23.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) not view
- 24.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 25.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
- 26.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay again
- 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
- 29.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
- 30.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 31.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 32.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
- 33.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 34.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
- 36.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
- 37.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 38.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) disfair
- 39.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) misallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
- 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
Answer key
- un-
- not kind
- disrespect
- disobey
- visit again
- unusual
- prepay
- tell again
- mis-
- replay
- check again
- uncommon
- revisit
- read wrongly
- use again
- lead wrongly
- unequal
- not lucky
- reopen
- dishonest
- rebuild
- repaint
- view before
- judge wrongly
- preheat
- pay before
- dis-
- not equal
- not usual
- unclear
- pre-
- spell wrongly
- heat again
- re-
- not fair
- not agree
- not safe
- unfair
- disallow
- build again
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