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 “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 2.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 3.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
- 4.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 7.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
- 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 11.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) prelucky
- 12.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) prebehave
- 13.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) not count (d) count before
- 15.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) dispay
- 16.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
- 17.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
- 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
- 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) unlead
- 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
- 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) write before (d) not write
- 22.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
- 23.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) precount (d) miscount
- 24.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
- 25.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
- 27.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 28.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
- 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
- 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) misusual
- 32.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
- 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
- 34.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 35.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
- 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
- 37.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
- 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
- 39.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
- 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
Answer key
- re-
- judge before
- untidy
- rebuild
- dis-
- un-
- dishonest
- mis-
- misplace
- pre-
- unlucky
- misbehave
- not honest
- count wrongly
- prepay
- read wrongly
- not kind
- unsafe
- mislead
- misjudge
- write again
- preheat
- miscount
- rejoin
- reheat
- unequal
- not obey
- place wrongly
- not tidy
- not equal
- unusual
- heat before
- not safe
- paint again
- view before
- fill again
- not clear
- behave wrongly
- join again
- build again
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