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 word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 4.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
- 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
- 6.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) prehear (d) dishear
- 7.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
- 8.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 10.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
- 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
- 12.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 15.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
- 16.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) repay
- 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 18.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
- 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) distell
- 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 21.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place before
- 22.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 23.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
- 24.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
- 25.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 26.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 27.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
- 28.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
- 29.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
- 30.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) dislead
- 31.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) mishonest (d) dishonest
- 32.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) write before (d) not write
- 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
- 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
- 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
- 36.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
- 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 38.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
- 39.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave before
- 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
Answer key
- disloyal
- mis-
- pre-
- not loyal
- visit again
- mishear
- count wrongly
- build again
- dis-
- prejudge
- not agree
- not usual
- untidy
- un-
- preheat
- prepay
- pay before
- rewrite
- retell
- re-
- place wrongly
- reheat
- repaint
- misspell
- not common
- not honest
- discontinue
- not kind
- unequal
- mislead
- dishonest
- write again
- misunderstand
- open again
- misjudge
- use wrongly
- judge before
- reopen
- behave wrongly
- not clear
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