← Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis lesson New set →

Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 25 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  2. 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  6. 6.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) respell
  7. 7.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  9. 9.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
  10. 10.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead again
  11. 11.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
  12. 12.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  13. 13.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check again (d) check wrongly
  14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  15. 15.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
  16. 16.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  17. 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
  18. 18.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) uncontinue
  19. 19.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
  21. 21.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
  22. 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) preclear
  23. 23.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) presafe
  25. 25.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) well again
  26. 26.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  27. 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  28. 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) disvisit
  29. 29.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
  30. 30.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  31. 31.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) recook (d) precook
  32. 32.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  33. 33.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  34. 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  35. 35.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  36. 36.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  37. 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  39. 39.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  40. 40.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) not common

Answer key

  1. judge before
  2. not tidy
  3. pre-
  4. not loyal
  5. mis-
  6. misspell
  7. repaint
  8. dis-
  9. cook before
  10. lead wrongly
  11. not clear
  12. not allow
  13. check again
  14. re-
  15. misbehave
  16. judge wrongly
  17. dishonest
  18. discontinue
  19. heat before
  20. unhappy
  21. rejoin
  22. unclear
  23. not honest
  24. unsafe
  25. not well
  26. paint again
  27. write again
  28. revisit
  29. visit again
  30. misjudge
  31. precook
  32. uncommon
  33. behave wrongly
  34. heat again
  35. join again
  36. disagree
  37. not equal
  38. untidy
  39. preheat
  40. not common

Free vocabulary lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/vocabulary-builder