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) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 4.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) disread (d) unread
- 5.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) misplace
- 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) misequal
- 7.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) not build (d) build wrongly
- 8.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) not join (d) join wrongly
- 9.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
- 10.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
- 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
- 12.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) disview (c) unview (d) preview
- 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
- 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell again
- 16.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) refill
- 17.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 18.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) not play
- 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
- 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
- 23.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) misplay (d) replay
- 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
- 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
- 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
- 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
- 28.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
- 29.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
- 30.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
- 31.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) disspell (d) misspell
- 32.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 33.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
- 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) miscontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
- 35.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
- 36.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
- 37.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well again (d) well wrongly
- 38.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
- 39.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 40.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check again (d) check wrongly
Answer key
- un-
- re-
- dis-
- misread
- misplace
- unequal
- build again
- join again
- disallow
- recheck
- not happy
- preview
- heat before
- unsafe
- spell wrongly
- refill
- behave wrongly
- play again
- not tidy
- pre-
- not common
- not usual
- replay
- visit again
- not kind
- disrespect
- untidy
- paint again
- rewrite
- lead wrongly
- misspell
- hear wrongly
- unlucky
- discontinue
- prepay
- count wrongly
- not well
- not honest
- judge before
- check again
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