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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 3.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
- 4.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
- 5.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 7.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 8.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
- 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 10.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 11.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) preplace
- 12.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
- 13.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
- 14.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 15.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
- 16.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) misusual
- 17.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 18.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
- 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
- 20.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 21.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
- 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
- 25.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) not lead
- 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) misrespect (d) unrespect
- 27.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 28.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) prefill
- 29.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) prelead
- 30.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 31.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check before
- 32.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) prehonest
- 33.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 34.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 36.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 37.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) preview (d) disview
- 38.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
- 39.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
- 40.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
Answer key
- not happy
- un-
- untidy
- reopen
- view before
- pre-
- not kind
- unequal
- unclear
- use wrongly
- misplace
- not well
- pay before
- prejudge
- disagree
- unusual
- judge wrongly
- reuse
- read wrongly
- heat again
- not equal
- not tidy
- mis-
- not lucky
- lead wrongly
- disrespect
- preheat
- refill
- mislead
- re-
- check again
- dishonest
- judge before
- visit again
- not fair
- dis-
- preview
- unhappy
- not obey
- unsafe
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