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 “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
- 2.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
- 3.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
- 4.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 5.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
- 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
- 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 9.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
- 10.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) write before
- 11.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 12.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
- 13.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
- 14.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 17.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
- 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
- 19.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 21.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
- 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
- 23.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
- 24.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
- 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
- 26.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
- 27.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
- 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
- 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) unspell
- 30.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) pretell (d) mistell
- 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
- 32.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
- 33.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
- 34.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) preread (d) unread
- 35.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) miscontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
- 36.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
- 37.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 38.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view again
- 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
- 40.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
Answer key
- not equal
- unclear
- hear wrongly
- use wrongly
- not fair
- uncommon
- judge before
- mis-
- rejoin
- write again
- heat again
- rebuild
- pay before
- unusual
- un-
- re-
- prejudge
- misbehave
- use again
- pre-
- unequal
- not safe
- behave wrongly
- tell again
- join again
- paint again
- repaint
- rewrite
- misspell
- retell
- not continue
- disagree
- preheat
- misread
- discontinue
- play again
- dis-
- view before
- spell wrongly
- not kind
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