Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 23 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
2. 2.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
3. 3.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
4. 4.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
6. 6.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
7. 7.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
8. 8.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
9. 9.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) disunderstand
10. 10.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
11. 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
13. 13.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
15. 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
16. 16.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
18. 18.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
19. 19.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
20. 20.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
21. 21.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
22. 22.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
23. 23.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) disfill
24. 24.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
25. 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
26. 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
27. 27.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair again
28. 28.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
29. 29.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
30. 30.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
31. 31.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
32. 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) uncook (c) miscook (d) recook
33. 33.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
34. 34.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
35. 35.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand again
36. 36.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
37. 37.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) dispay
38. 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
39. 39.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) happy before
40. 40.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-

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