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 prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 2.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
- 4.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
- 5.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
- 6.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
- 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 8.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
- 9.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
- 10.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
- 12.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) miscount (c) uncount (d) recount
- 13.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) untell (d) mistell
- 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 16.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
- 17.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
- 19.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
- 20.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) prelucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
- 21.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
- 22.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) replay (d) misplay
- 23.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 24.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again
- 25.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) disspell
- 26.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
- 27.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) not join (d) join wrongly
- 28.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
- 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 30.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
- 31.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 32.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 33.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 34.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) unlead
- 35.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
- 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) unplace
- 37.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
- 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 39.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) recook (d) precook
- 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) miskind
Answer key
- re-
- misjudge
- not honest
- misbehave
- recheck
- not safe
- not happy
- pay before
- not fair
- not kind
- not lucky
- miscount
- retell
- play again
- un-
- unequal
- tell again
- unsafe
- prejudge
- unlucky
- not allow
- replay
- not clear
- cook before
- misspell
- not usual
- join again
- untidy
- dis-
- build again
- mis-
- visit again
- not obey
- mislead
- revisit
- misplace
- disobey
- behave wrongly
- precook
- unkind
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