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.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 2.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 3.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
- 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
- 5.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
- 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
- 8.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
- 9.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
- 10.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 12.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) misplay (c) replay (d) unplay
- 13.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) disjoin (d) misjoin
- 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
- 15.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
- 16.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 18.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
- 19.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
- 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
- 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
- 22.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
- 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 25.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
- 26.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) not obey
- 27.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
- 28.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
- 29.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
- 30.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) review (c) preview (d) unview
- 31.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
- 32.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
- 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
- 35.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
- 36.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) refair
- 37.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) reusual
- 39.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
- 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
Answer key
- re-
- not fair
- hear wrongly
- dishonest
- disrespect
- misunderstand
- not lucky
- read wrongly
- disloyal
- not agree
- dis-
- replay
- rejoin
- not common
- use wrongly
- view before
- mis-
- unclear
- rebuild
- reheat
- write again
- count wrongly
- heat before
- un-
- not tidy
- not obey
- unequal
- tell again
- check again
- preview
- unlucky
- rewrite
- retell
- not well
- not respect
- unfair
- not safe
- unusual
- disallow
- untidy
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