Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 295 · 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 word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) dishear
2. 2.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
4. 4.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
6. 6.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
7. 7.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
9. 9.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
10. 10.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
11. 11.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
12. 12.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) diskind
13. 13.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
14. 14.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) unplay
15. 15.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
16. 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
17. 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) place before
18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
19. 19.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
20. 20.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
21. 21.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
23. 23.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) displace
24. 24.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
25. 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) agree before
26. 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
27. 27.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
28. 28.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) dispay
29. 29.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
30. 30.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) dislead (c) prelead (d) mislead
31. 31.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
32. 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) discook
33. 33.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
34. 34.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) disequal
35. 35.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) refair
36. 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
37. 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
38. 38.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
39. 39.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
40. 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) not paint

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