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 “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 3.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
- 4.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) dislead (c) prelead (d) mislead
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) disfair
- 7.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) not count
- 8.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
- 9.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
- 10.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) disspell
- 11.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
- 12.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
- 13.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) discook (c) miscook (d) precook
- 14.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
- 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
- 16.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) unallow
- 17.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
- 18.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) miscount (c) uncount (d) discount
- 19.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
- 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 21.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
- 22.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 23.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
- 24.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) misbuild (d) disbuild
- 25.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
- 26.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) not join
- 29.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) mislucky
- 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 31.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
- 32.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 33.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
- 34.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) disvisit
- 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
- 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
- 37.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
- 39.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
- 40.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
Answer key
- paint again
- re-
- disagree
- mislead
- pre-
- unfair
- count wrongly
- preheat
- unsafe
- misspell
- behave wrongly
- pay before
- precook
- visit again
- untidy
- disallow
- unwell
- miscount
- not loyal
- spell wrongly
- not equal
- judge wrongly
- check again
- rebuild
- dishonest
- not usual
- un-
- join again
- unlucky
- not clear
- not happy
- reheat
- not honest
- revisit
- not fair
- retell
- fill again
- unusual
- misbehave
- tell again
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