Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 364 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
2. 2.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) disopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
3. 3.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
4. 4.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) recheck
5. 5.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
6. 6.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
7. 7.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
8. 8.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
9. 9.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
10. 10.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
11. 11.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
13. 13.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
14. 14.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
15. 15.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
16. 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
17. 17.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
18. 18.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
19. 19.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
20. 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
21. 21.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
22. 22.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) misagree
23. 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
24. 24.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
25. 25.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
26. 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
27. 27.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
28. 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
29. 29.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) retell
30. 30.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
31. 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open again (d) open wrongly
32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
33. 33.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
34. 34.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
35. 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
36. 36.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
37. 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
38. 38.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) disfair
39. 39.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
40. 40.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly

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