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) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
- 2.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 3.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
- 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 6.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) prepay
- 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 9.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
- 10.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
- 11.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
- 12.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
- 13.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) misview (d) review
- 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 15.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
- 16.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 18.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) misfill
- 19.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave before
- 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
- 22.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 23.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand before
- 24.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
- 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
- 26.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) disbuild (d) misbuild
- 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
- 28.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) reread (d) unread
- 29.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 30.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
- 31.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) recook (d) miscook
- 33.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) not agree
- 34.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) diswell
- 35.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) mislead (d) unlead
- 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
- 37.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
- 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) not open (d) open before
- 39.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair
- 40.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) distell
Answer key
- unkind
- judge before
- use again
- misuse
- un-
- prepay
- not lucky
- mis-
- uncommon
- not usual
- not safe
- disagree
- preview
- pre-
- build again
- heat again
- dis-
- refill
- behave wrongly
- re-
- revisit
- prejudge
- understand wrongly
- mishear
- hear wrongly
- rebuild
- unlucky
- misread
- visit again
- unsafe
- not common
- precook
- not agree
- unwell
- mislead
- misjudge
- reheat
- open again
- not fair
- retell
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