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 prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 2.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
- 3.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
- 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 6.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
- 7.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
- 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
- 9.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
- 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 11.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
- 12.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
- 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 15.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) presafe
- 16.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
- 17.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
- 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 19.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
- 20.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
- 21.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
- 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 23.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 24.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
- 25.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
- 26.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
- 27.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
- 28.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
- 29.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
- 30.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
- 31.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
- 32.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) not cook
- 33.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
- 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 36.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) repay
- 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
- 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
- 39.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) reagree
- 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint
Answer key
- un-
- pay before
- not happy
- discontinue
- pre-
- spell wrongly
- untidy
- play again
- recheck
- not fair
- misunderstand
- dishonest
- mis-
- heat before
- unsafe
- place wrongly
- rewrite
- re-
- count wrongly
- rebuild
- build again
- not tidy
- prejudge
- fill again
- visit again
- not clear
- not honest
- unlucky
- not equal
- unwell
- read wrongly
- cook before
- not continue
- dis-
- retell
- prepay
- unkind
- behave wrongly
- disagree
- paint again
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