Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 264 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) mispay (d) unpay
2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
3. 3.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
4. 4.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
5. 5.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) not view
6. 6.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
7. 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
8. 8.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
9. 9.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
10. 10.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
12. 12.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
13. 13.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
14. 14.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) disspell
15. 15.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) understand again
16. 16.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) misfair
17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
18. 18.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
19. 19.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
20. 20.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
21. 21.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
22. 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
23. 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
24. 24.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) mishear
25. 25.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) reread (c) preread (d) misread
26. 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
27. 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
28. 28.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
29. 29.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
30. 30.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
31. 31.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) precook (d) uncook
32. 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
33. 33.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
34. 34.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
35. 35.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
36. 36.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
37. 37.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
38. 38.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) preplay (c) misplay (d) replay
39. 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
40. 40.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) discheck

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