Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 374 · 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 “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
2. 2.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) mishonest
3. 3.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
4. 4.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view again (d) view wrongly
5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
7. 7.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
8. 8.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
10. 10.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
12. 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
13. 13.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
14. 14.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) recook (d) precook
15. 15.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) common again
16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
17. 17.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) prespell
18. 18.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
19. 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) preusual
20. 20.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) pretell
21. 21.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
22. 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) reread (c) unread (d) misread
23. 23.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell again
24. 24.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) respect again
25. 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
26. 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
27. 27.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
28. 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
29. 29.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
30. 30.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
31. 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
32. 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
33. 33.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) misfill
34. 34.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
35. 35.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
36. 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
37. 37.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
38. 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) dispay
39. 39.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
40. 40.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) prehear (d) mishear

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