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 “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 4.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) not play (d) play wrongly
- 5.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) unplay (d) misplay
- 6.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 7.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
- 8.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
- 9.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write before (d) write wrongly
- 10.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
- 11.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
- 12.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
- 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
- 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count before (d) count again
- 15.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open before (d) open wrongly
- 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) unfair
- 18.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 19.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
- 20.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) prepaint
- 21.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
- 22.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) misloyal
- 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 24.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) unhear
- 25.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
- 26.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 27.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) precount (d) recount
- 28.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
- 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) unfill
- 30.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) pretell
- 31.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
- 32.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
- 33.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) disjoin (c) misjoin (d) unjoin
- 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
- 35.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
- 36.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
- 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
- 38.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) recontinue (d) miscontinue
- 39.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 40.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) preview (d) unview
Answer key
- pre-
- un-
- re-
- play again
- replay
- hear wrongly
- prejudge
- unclear
- write again
- not lucky
- lead wrongly
- heat before
- join again
- count wrongly
- open again
- mis-
- unfair
- preheat
- paint again
- repaint
- pay before
- disloyal
- dis-
- mishear
- not clear
- judge wrongly
- miscount
- use wrongly
- refill
- retell
- untidy
- mislead
- rejoin
- not well
- not common
- revisit
- rewrite
- discontinue
- not kind
- preview
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