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 “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) agree before
- 2.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
- 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 4.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) recommon
- 8.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
- 9.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 11.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
- 12.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open again (d) open wrongly
- 13.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
- 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
- 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) place again (d) not place
- 18.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) discook (c) miscook (d) precook
- 19.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) misallow (d) reallow
- 20.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
- 21.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
- 22.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
- 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
- 24.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) respell (d) misspell
- 25.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
- 26.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) not pay
- 27.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
- 29.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
- 30.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) rehear
- 31.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
- 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
- 33.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 34.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
- 35.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) unplay (d) misplay
- 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
- 37.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) mispay
- 38.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
- 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
- 40.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) rehonest
Answer key
- not agree
- unlucky
- prejudge
- hear wrongly
- un-
- re-
- uncommon
- use again
- not kind
- dis-
- check again
- open again
- cook before
- mis-
- pre-
- recheck
- place wrongly
- precook
- disallow
- count wrongly
- understand wrongly
- unsafe
- untidy
- misspell
- rebuild
- pay before
- not lucky
- write again
- disagree
- mishear
- paint again
- join again
- not happy
- use wrongly
- replay
- misjudge
- prepay
- disloyal
- reopen
- dishonest
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