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 “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 2.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) not common (d) common before
- 3.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
- 4.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
- 5.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
- 6.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 8.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey before
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
- 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again
- 12.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
- 13.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) not write
- 14.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 15.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect before
- 16.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) miskind
- 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 18.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 19.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
- 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 21.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) untell (d) retell
- 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 24.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
- 26.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
- 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
- 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
- 29.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
- 30.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
- 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
- 32.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit
- 33.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
- 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 35.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) disjoin
- 36.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
- 37.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) dispay
- 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) not read
Answer key
- heat again
- not common
- not continue
- disagree
- play again
- not happy
- un-
- not obey
- dis-
- untidy
- place wrongly
- not well
- write again
- paint again
- not respect
- unkind
- pre-
- hear wrongly
- unfair
- unclear
- judge before
- retell
- mis-
- re-
- not kind
- not honest
- uncommon
- reopen
- replay
- unusual
- disrespect
- revisit
- recheck
- not tidy
- rejoin
- misbehave
- visit again
- prepay
- heat before
- read wrongly
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