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 again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 3.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
- 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 5.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 7.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 9.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
- 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
- 11.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect before
- 12.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 13.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
- 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) untell
- 15.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
- 16.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
- 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
- 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
- 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) refill
- 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) unobey
- 21.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) unplay (d) preplay
- 22.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
- 23.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
- 24.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) dishear
- 25.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
- 26.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
- 27.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
- 28.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
- 29.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) reread (d) misread
- 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
- 31.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
- 32.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 33.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) misplace
- 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 35.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
- 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
- 37.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) check before
- 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
- 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) unopen
- 40.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
Answer key
- judge before
- pre-
- not kind
- re-
- not honest
- mis-
- not equal
- un-
- not loyal
- dishonest
- not respect
- heat again
- not usual
- retell
- unlucky
- not tidy
- not safe
- misbehave
- refill
- disobey
- replay
- repaint
- mislead
- mishear
- reuse
- unwell
- not fair
- not well
- misread
- not obey
- not allow
- preheat
- misplace
- not common
- discontinue
- join again
- check again
- prejudge
- reopen
- dis-
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