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 loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) misloyal
- 2.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 3.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) misread (d) disread
- 4.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
- 5.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
- 6.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
- 7.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
- 8.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 12.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
- 13.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 16.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
- 17.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
- 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check before
- 19.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
- 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 21.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
- 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) disclear
- 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) prejoin
- 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) read before (d) not read
- 25.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) preview (d) unview
- 26.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) dislead
- 27.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) refair
- 28.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
- 29.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
- 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 31.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 32.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
- 33.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
- 34.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
- 35.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
- 36.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
- 37.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
- 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
- 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
- 40.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
Answer key
- disloyal
- misuse
- misread
- not clear
- pay before
- unhappy
- not honest
- count wrongly
- pre-
- re-
- mis-
- not happy
- rewrite
- un-
- dis-
- reheat
- misjudge
- check again
- rebuild
- hear wrongly
- not tidy
- unclear
- rejoin
- read wrongly
- preview
- mislead
- unfair
- unusual
- tell again
- not safe
- unequal
- preheat
- disagree
- not equal
- not obey
- dishonest
- behave wrongly
- heat before
- not well
- miscount
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