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 “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
- 2.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) dislead
- 3.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) misview
- 4.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 5.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) unbehave
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 7.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) not play (d) play before
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 10.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
- 11.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 12.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) honest before
- 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join before (d) join wrongly
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 16.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
- 17.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
- 18.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) displace (d) unplace
- 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well again
- 21.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect again
- 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
- 23.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
- 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
- 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) not view
- 26.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
- 27.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
- 28.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 29.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) dislucky
- 31.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) unfill
- 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
- 34.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) not cook
- 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
- 36.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
- 37.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 38.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) precook
- 39.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
- 40.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
Answer key
- misjudge
- mislead
- preview
- not happy
- misbehave
- pre-
- heat before
- play again
- dis-
- not loyal
- reheat
- not honest
- join again
- un-
- re-
- uncommon
- disobey
- misplace
- mis-
- not well
- not respect
- hear wrongly
- revisit
- not lucky
- view before
- untidy
- unusual
- heat again
- spell wrongly
- unlucky
- misuse
- refill
- understand wrongly
- cook before
- preheat
- not common
- unfair
- precook
- misspell
- count wrongly
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