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.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 2.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 3.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) precook (c) discook (d) uncook
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 5.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) disbuild (d) unbuild
- 6.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
- 7.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) dislucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
- 8.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) misfair
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
- 11.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 12.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
- 13.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) preplay (c) misplay (d) replay
- 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 15.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 16.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
- 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
- 18.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) pretidy
- 19.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
- 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 21.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
- 22.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
- 23.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 24.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
- 25.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 26.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
- 27.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 28.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
- 29.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 30.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) mispaint
- 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
- 32.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
- 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
- 34.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay again
- 35.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
- 36.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
- 37.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
- 39.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
- 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
Answer key
- visit again
- not happy
- precook
- un-
- rebuild
- reopen
- unlucky
- unfair
- dis-
- not fair
- heat again
- not well
- replay
- pre-
- not usual
- unsafe
- not safe
- untidy
- reuse
- mis-
- discontinue
- join again
- reheat
- misbehave
- re-
- not clear
- not equal
- unclear
- heat before
- repaint
- miscount
- disrespect
- unwell
- pay before
- spell wrongly
- disloyal
- judge wrongly
- open again
- lead wrongly
- not honest
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