Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 369 · 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.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) prelead (c) unlead (d) mislead
2. 2.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
3. 3.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
4. 4.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
5. 5.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) recontinue (d) miscontinue
6. 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
7. 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) not safe
8. 8.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
9. 9.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) not check
10. 10.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
11. 11.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
12. 12.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
13. 13.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) unplace
14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
15. 15.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
16. 16.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
18. 18.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
19. 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
20. 20.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) uncook (c) recook (d) discook
21. 21.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) unread (d) reread
22. 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) unfill (c) disfill (d) misfill
23. 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read before
24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
25. 25.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) unobey (d) reobey
26. 26.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
27. 27.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
28. 28.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place before
29. 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
30. 30.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) disbuild
31. 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
32. 32.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
33. 33.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
34. 34.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
35. 35.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
36. 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
37. 37.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) prespell
38. 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
39. 39.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
40. 40.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before

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