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 “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 2.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
- 3.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 5.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
- 6.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
- 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
- 8.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 10.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 11.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
- 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
- 13.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
- 14.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
- 15.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
- 16.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) previsit
- 17.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
- 18.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 20.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
- 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 22.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
- 23.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) prespell
- 24.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) unread (d) preread
- 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
- 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 27.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) not continue
- 28.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) unpay
- 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
- 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 32.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 33.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
- 34.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
- 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
- 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
- 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
- 38.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
- 39.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
- 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand
Answer key
- not kind
- play again
- recheck
- pre-
- not safe
- not well
- not common
- preheat
- re-
- heat before
- repaint
- unsafe
- fill again
- misplace
- visit again
- revisit
- uncommon
- not equal
- un-
- rewrite
- mis-
- reuse
- misspell
- misread
- not usual
- dis-
- not continue
- prepay
- not happy
- reheat
- tell again
- judge wrongly
- use again
- not loyal
- miscount
- unequal
- disrespect
- not agree
- lead wrongly
- understand wrongly
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