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 “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 2.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) honest before
- 3.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
- 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
- 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 6.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) not view (d) view again
- 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 8.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) recook (d) uncook
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 10.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 11.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) prewrite
- 12.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
- 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
- 14.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
- 15.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
- 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 17.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
- 18.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
- 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 20.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
- 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 22.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
- 23.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) mislead
- 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well again (d) well wrongly
- 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 26.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 28.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
- 29.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
- 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
- 31.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
- 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
- 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) unopen
- 34.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
- 35.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
- 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) displace
- 37.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
- 38.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
- 39.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
- 40.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
Answer key
- pre-
- not honest
- read wrongly
- spell wrongly
- not clear
- view before
- not happy
- precook
- dis-
- heat again
- rewrite
- unlucky
- join again
- cook before
- mishear
- not safe
- misjudge
- disobey
- re-
- prejudge
- un-
- lead wrongly
- mislead
- not well
- not kind
- reheat
- mis-
- unsafe
- rebuild
- not obey
- dishonest
- untidy
- reopen
- visit again
- disagree
- misplace
- tell again
- disrespect
- misbehave
- use wrongly
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