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 “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 7.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
- 8.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 10.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
- 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
- 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
- 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 14.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 15.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead again
- 17.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
- 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) misloyal
- 19.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
- 20.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
- 21.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
- 22.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
- 23.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
- 24.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 25.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
- 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) unpay
- 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
- 28.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 29.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 30.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
- 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
- 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
- 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
- 34.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
- 35.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 37.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 38.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
- 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
- 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
Answer key
- not fair
- pre-
- not common
- dis-
- re-
- reheat
- unwell
- disagree
- un-
- not loyal
- uncommon
- unsafe
- mis-
- misunderstand
- fill again
- lead wrongly
- not obey
- disloyal
- spell wrongly
- understand wrongly
- not happy
- play again
- behave wrongly
- prejudge
- judge before
- prepay
- unlucky
- retell
- misuse
- disrespect
- not continue
- not honest
- dishonest
- tell again
- use wrongly
- not kind
- heat before
- unkind
- unusual
- read wrongly
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