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 “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 3.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
- 4.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 7.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) uncook (c) recook (d) discook
- 8.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) misloyal
- 9.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 10.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
- 11.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
- 12.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
- 13.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) refill (d) misfill
- 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
- 15.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
- 16.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 18.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
- 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
- 20.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
- 21.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
- 22.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
- 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
- 24.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
- 25.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
- 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) prepay
- 27.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 28.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) dislead
- 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open again (d) open wrongly
- 30.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 31.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
- 32.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) cook again
- 33.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 34.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) not pay
- 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
- 36.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
- 37.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) dishear
- 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
- 39.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join before (d) join again
- 40.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
Answer key
- mis-
- dis-
- disagree
- preheat
- un-
- re-
- precook
- disloyal
- heat before
- not agree
- use wrongly
- not lucky
- refill
- repaint
- understand wrongly
- unfair
- pre-
- lead wrongly
- not tidy
- unlucky
- misunderstand
- misuse
- untidy
- not equal
- disrespect
- prepay
- reheat
- mislead
- open again
- not common
- not loyal
- cook before
- judge wrongly
- pay before
- play again
- not fair
- mishear
- unusual
- join again
- dishonest
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