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 “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count again
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 3.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
- 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 5.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
- 6.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 7.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) replay
- 8.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 10.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) misagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
- 11.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) misclear
- 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
- 13.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 14.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) recount
- 15.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
- 16.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 17.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) discook
- 18.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) discheck
- 19.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) diskind
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 21.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view again (d) view wrongly
- 22.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 23.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
- 24.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) disfill (c) unfill (d) refill
- 25.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) uncontinue
- 26.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
- 27.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
- 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
- 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) diswell
- 30.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
- 31.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
- 32.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
- 33.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 34.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
- 35.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) reread (d) disread
- 36.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 37.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
- 38.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
- 39.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 40.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) relead (c) prelead (d) unlead
Answer key
- count wrongly
- pre-
- misbehave
- re-
- disallow
- prejudge
- replay
- unlucky
- un-
- disagree
- unclear
- not kind
- fill again
- miscount
- not continue
- judge before
- precook
- recheck
- unkind
- dis-
- view before
- misjudge
- unequal
- refill
- discontinue
- reopen
- lead wrongly
- not equal
- unwell
- unsafe
- unhappy
- not respect
- not honest
- revisit
- misread
- spell wrongly
- not allow
- pay before
- heat again
- mislead
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