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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 2.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
- 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 6.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
- 7.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
- 8.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read again (d) read before
- 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
- 11.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) dispay
- 12.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
- 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play before (d) play wrongly
- 15.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect before
- 16.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
- 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) prefair (c) refair (d) unfair
- 18.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 20.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
- 21.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
- 22.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
- 24.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
- 25.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) reread (d) misread
- 26.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
- 27.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) distell
- 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
- 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 30.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
- 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) miscount (c) recount (d) discount
- 32.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) misplay (d) preplay
- 33.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
- 34.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 35.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) misview (d) preview
- 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
- 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
- 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
- 39.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) not paint
- 40.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
Answer key
- dis-
- unequal
- mis-
- pre-
- visit again
- not well
- not agree
- read wrongly
- re-
- untidy
- prepay
- behave wrongly
- unsafe
- play again
- not respect
- not loyal
- unfair
- write again
- un-
- tell again
- open again
- uncommon
- not tidy
- not safe
- misread
- use again
- retell
- hear wrongly
- judge wrongly
- not allow
- miscount
- replay
- disallow
- heat before
- preview
- unlucky
- not happy
- spell wrongly
- paint again
- preheat
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