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 word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 4.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join before (d) join wrongly
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 6.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count again
- 7.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
- 8.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) disfair
- 9.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
- 12.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 13.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
- 14.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) disview (c) preview (d) misview
- 15.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 16.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) misread (d) disread
- 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 18.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 20.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
- 21.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) disusual
- 22.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
- 23.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) prehonest (c) mishonest (d) rehonest
- 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) dislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 25.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
- 26.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) recook
- 27.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 28.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit before
- 29.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) not cook
- 30.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 31.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
- 32.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 33.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 34.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 35.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
- 36.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
- 37.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) respect again
- 38.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) preopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
- 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
Answer key
- prejudge
- pre-
- re-
- join again
- mis-
- count wrongly
- place wrongly
- unfair
- uncommon
- dis-
- spell wrongly
- not happy
- not agree
- preview
- not kind
- misread
- not safe
- behave wrongly
- un-
- unhappy
- unusual
- play again
- dishonest
- unlucky
- disallow
- precook
- not lucky
- visit again
- cook before
- misjudge
- use again
- judge wrongly
- not fair
- heat before
- not tidy
- hear wrongly
- not respect
- not equal
- reopen
- not honest
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