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 “check again”? (a) recheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 6.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
- 7.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
- 8.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
- 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
- 10.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) prefair (c) refair (d) unfair
- 11.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
- 12.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
- 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
- 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) untell (d) pretell
- 15.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
- 16.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
- 17.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
- 19.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) preallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
- 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 21.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
- 22.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) prehear (d) rehear
- 23.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
- 24.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) misview (c) preview (d) unview
- 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
- 26.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write before (d) write again
- 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 28.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) disfill (c) unfill (d) misfill
- 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) precook
- 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
- 32.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
- 33.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) mispaint (d) dispaint
- 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
- 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
- 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
- 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
- 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
- 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) miskind
Answer key
- recheck
- re-
- un-
- pre-
- dis-
- not kind
- unusual
- disobey
- unclear
- unfair
- reopen
- not common
- untidy
- retell
- misbehave
- not continue
- heat again
- check again
- disallow
- misjudge
- uncommon
- mishear
- build again
- preview
- hear wrongly
- write again
- judge before
- mis-
- refill
- precook
- not respect
- not allow
- repaint
- discontinue
- not clear
- fill again
- misuse
- reuse
- spell wrongly
- unkind
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