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 kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) diskind
- 2.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
- 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) untell
- 4.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
- 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 7.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 10.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) reagree
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 13.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
- 14.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
- 15.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
- 16.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) behave again
- 17.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
- 18.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
- 19.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
- 20.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe before
- 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
- 22.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) discook (d) precook
- 23.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 24.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) unplace
- 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
- 27.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
- 28.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read again (d) read wrongly
- 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
- 31.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 32.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
- 33.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
- 34.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 35.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) paint before
- 36.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 37.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
- 38.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) relead (d) dislead
- 39.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) unallow
- 40.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) refair
Answer key
- unkind
- dishonest
- retell
- preheat
- not happy
- mis-
- tell again
- pre-
- re-
- disagree
- un-
- not kind
- not honest
- rebuild
- lead wrongly
- behave wrongly
- not obey
- revisit
- rejoin
- not safe
- unhappy
- precook
- reheat
- misplace
- not lucky
- disobey
- not continue
- read wrongly
- dis-
- not clear
- visit again
- use again
- fill again
- use wrongly
- paint again
- reuse
- join again
- mislead
- disallow
- unfair
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