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 “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
- 2.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) preagree
- 7.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
- 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 10.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) unvisit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
- 11.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write before (d) write again
- 12.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 13.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) rehonest
- 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
- 15.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
- 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 17.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
- 18.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
- 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 20.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
- 21.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
- 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) disfill
- 23.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
- 24.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count again (d) count wrongly
- 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
- 26.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 27.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
- 28.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) not understand
- 29.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
- 30.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
- 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 33.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
- 34.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) disread (d) misread
- 35.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) misplay (c) preplay (d) replay
- 36.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) read again
- 38.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
- 39.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
Answer key
- preheat
- misjudge
- misuse
- dis-
- pre-
- disagree
- unsafe
- heat again
- mis-
- revisit
- write again
- hear wrongly
- dishonest
- build again
- reopen
- re-
- untidy
- spell wrongly
- not tidy
- disloyal
- cook before
- refill
- behave wrongly
- count wrongly
- play again
- use again
- not well
- understand wrongly
- disobey
- not usual
- not obey
- un-
- not clear
- misread
- replay
- heat before
- read wrongly
- reheat
- paint again
- not honest
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