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 “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 2.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) review (c) unview (d) disview
- 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
- 5.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
- 6.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 8.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) precheck (d) uncheck
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 10.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
- 11.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 12.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
- 13.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
- 14.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) unfair
- 15.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) disequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
- 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 17.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 18.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 20.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
- 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
- 22.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 23.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) replay (d) unplay
- 24.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
- 25.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
- 26.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) misfill (d) unfill
- 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 28.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
- 29.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
- 30.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
- 31.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
- 32.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
- 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
- 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
- 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) reclear
- 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) missafe
- 37.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
- 39.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
- 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) respell (d) prespell
Answer key
- re-
- preview
- not honest
- unlucky
- not lucky
- paint again
- dis-
- recheck
- pre-
- unkind
- not usual
- not common
- reheat
- unfair
- unequal
- not equal
- use wrongly
- use again
- un-
- preheat
- not well
- heat before
- replay
- revisit
- count wrongly
- refill
- mis-
- cook before
- read wrongly
- untidy
- not loyal
- prejudge
- lead wrongly
- disagree
- unclear
- unsafe
- judge wrongly
- reuse
- pay before
- misspell
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