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 “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 2.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
- 3.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
- 7.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 8.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 9.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow again
- 10.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
- 11.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
- 12.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) relead (d) unlead
- 13.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
- 14.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 15.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
- 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay again
- 18.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
- 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 21.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) unkind
- 22.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
- 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
- 24.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) not join
- 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 26.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read again (d) read before
- 27.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 28.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
- 29.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
- 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
- 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
- 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
- 34.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) distell (d) mistell
- 36.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
- 37.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) misfill
- 38.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 39.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) not hear
- 40.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) preplay (d) replay
Answer key
- pre-
- build again
- not agree
- mis-
- dis-
- not common
- misjudge
- heat before
- not allow
- not continue
- not honest
- mislead
- discontinue
- judge before
- lead wrongly
- re-
- pay before
- count wrongly
- unsafe
- un-
- unkind
- disloyal
- not fair
- join again
- heat again
- read wrongly
- use wrongly
- unhappy
- not kind
- cook before
- unusual
- disobey
- prejudge
- visit again
- retell
- untidy
- refill
- fill again
- hear wrongly
- replay
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