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 “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) not write (d) write wrongly
- 2.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) preview (d) disview
- 3.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 5.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 7.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
- 8.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
- 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 10.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead
- 11.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
- 12.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) recook
- 13.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
- 16.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) unplace
- 18.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit before
- 19.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
- 20.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) disvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
- 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
- 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 23.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
- 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
- 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
- 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 30.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) disfill (d) refill
- 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
- 32.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
- 33.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) unspell (d) misspell
- 34.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) disloyal
- 35.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
- 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
- 37.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
- 38.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) rehear
- 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
- 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) prejoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
Answer key
- write again
- preview
- not lucky
- re-
- reuse
- pre-
- join again
- not allow
- fill again
- lead wrongly
- not safe
- precook
- unlucky
- dis-
- hear wrongly
- preheat
- misplace
- visit again
- disrespect
- revisit
- untidy
- mis-
- disallow
- un-
- use wrongly
- unequal
- not common
- not usual
- judge wrongly
- refill
- unusual
- build again
- misspell
- disloyal
- reopen
- not happy
- play again
- mishear
- tell again
- rejoin
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