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 “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 2.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
- 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 4.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) reobey
- 5.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
- 6.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
- 7.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) display (c) misplay (d) preplay
- 8.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
- 9.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
- 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) mishonest (d) rehonest
- 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
- 12.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
- 13.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 14.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
- 15.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) not count (d) count again
- 16.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) miscook (d) precook
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 18.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill before
- 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 21.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
- 22.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
- 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
- 25.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
- 26.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) reloyal
- 27.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) rehear
- 28.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
- 29.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) unallow (d) preallow
- 30.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 31.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
- 32.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
- 33.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well again (d) well wrongly
- 35.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view before (d) view again
- 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
- 37.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
- 38.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
- 39.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 40.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
Answer key
- judge before
- hear wrongly
- pre-
- disobey
- unhappy
- not honest
- replay
- reuse
- reopen
- dishonest
- not equal
- prejudge
- not clear
- pay before
- count wrongly
- precook
- re-
- fill again
- not happy
- un-
- not usual
- disagree
- dis-
- not lucky
- understand wrongly
- disloyal
- mishear
- unusual
- disallow
- check again
- revisit
- paint again
- judge wrongly
- not well
- view before
- misjudge
- not loyal
- misunderstand
- mis-
- not obey
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