Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 270 · 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 prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
2. 2.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
3. 3.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
4. 4.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
5. 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
6. 6.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
7. 7.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
8. 8.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
10. 10.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
11. 11.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) discook
12. 12.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join before (d) join wrongly
13. 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
14. 14.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
15. 15.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
16. 16.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) precommon
17. 17.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) precheck (d) mischeck
18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
20. 20.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) unagree
21. 21.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
22. 22.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) replace
23. 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
24. 24.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
25. 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
26. 26.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
27. 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
28. 28.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
29. 29.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
30. 30.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
31. 31.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) misfair
33. 33.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) dislead (d) mislead
34. 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
35. 35.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
36. 36.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
37. 37.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
38. 38.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
39. 39.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) misloyal (d) reloyal
40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin

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