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.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
- 5.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
- 6.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
- 7.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
- 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
- 9.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 10.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
- 11.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 13.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) preplace
- 14.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 15.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
- 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
- 17.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) unplay
- 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
- 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) misclear
- 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 22.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
- 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
- 24.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
- 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
- 26.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
- 27.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
- 28.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
- 29.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
- 30.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) preunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
- 32.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) preview (d) review
- 33.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
- 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
- 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
- 37.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
- 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 40.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
Answer key
- not safe
- dis-
- pre-
- disallow
- hear wrongly
- rebuild
- reopen
- play again
- not happy
- not respect
- reheat
- re-
- misplace
- judge wrongly
- revisit
- not kind
- replay
- un-
- read wrongly
- unclear
- mis-
- unusual
- disagree
- cook before
- not usual
- not tidy
- lead wrongly
- not loyal
- unhappy
- misunderstand
- unsafe
- preview
- misjudge
- disobey
- fill again
- open again
- preheat
- heat again
- heat before
- not equal
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