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 “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
- 2.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
- 3.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 4.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) not play
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 7.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 9.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
- 10.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) disread (d) preread
- 11.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
- 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 14.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 16.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) diskind
- 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) not pay
- 18.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) not place
- 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) recommon
- 20.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) rehear
- 21.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
- 22.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree before
- 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
- 24.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
- 25.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) unview (d) preview
- 26.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
- 27.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
- 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
- 29.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
- 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) not view (d) view wrongly
- 31.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
- 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 33.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
- 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 35.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
- 36.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) preloyal (d) reloyal
- 37.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
- 38.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
- 40.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
Answer key
- revisit
- paint again
- judge wrongly
- play again
- dis-
- re-
- not continue
- mis-
- unequal
- misread
- disallow
- pre-
- not tidy
- fill again
- un-
- unkind
- pay before
- place wrongly
- uncommon
- mishear
- not honest
- not agree
- use wrongly
- understand wrongly
- preview
- not obey
- reopen
- join again
- unusual
- view before
- cook before
- not common
- untidy
- heat again
- spell wrongly
- disloyal
- open again
- not lucky
- use again
- count wrongly
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