Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 32 · 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 prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
2. 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
3. 3.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) equal again
4. 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) disallow (c) misallow (d) unallow
5. 5.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
6. 6.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) respell
7. 7.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
8. 8.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) mishonest
9. 9.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
10. 10.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) diswrite
11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
12. 12.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
13. 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) preobey (d) unobey
14. 14.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
15. 15.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
16. 16.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
17. 17.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
19. 19.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
20. 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
21. 21.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
22. 22.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) reagree
23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
24. 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
25. 25.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
26. 26.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
27. 27.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
28. 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
29. 29.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
30. 30.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) dishear (c) unhear (d) mishear
31. 31.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
32. 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) read before
33. 33.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) check again
34. 34.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal
35. 35.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
36. 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) recheck (c) mischeck (d) precheck
37. 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
38. 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
40. 40.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild

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