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 “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) not check (d) check wrongly
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 3.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) review (c) preview (d) disview
- 4.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
- 5.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) preallow
- 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) preloyal
- 7.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
- 8.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
- 9.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) not continue
- 10.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
- 11.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 12.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) unread (d) reread
- 13.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
- 14.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
- 15.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 16.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
- 17.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) uncook
- 18.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 20.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 23.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
- 24.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 25.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
- 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 27.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
- 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
- 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
- 30.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
- 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
- 33.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
- 34.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
- 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) disequal
- 36.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) uncount (d) miscount
- 37.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
- 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
- 39.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
Answer key
- check again
- dis-
- preview
- uncommon
- disallow
- disloyal
- dishonest
- behave wrongly
- not continue
- not agree
- heat again
- misread
- repaint
- not tidy
- not lucky
- fill again
- precook
- not happy
- re-
- judge before
- un-
- pre-
- unhappy
- not common
- use again
- mis-
- not honest
- rejoin
- misjudge
- lead wrongly
- heat before
- disobey
- not usual
- not kind
- unequal
- miscount
- open again
- reuse
- count wrongly
- untidy
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