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.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
- 3.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
- 4.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
- 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
- 6.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build again (d) build wrongly
- 7.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
- 8.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
- 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
- 10.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 11.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
- 12.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) untell (d) retell
- 13.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 14.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
- 15.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
- 16.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
- 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 18.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
- 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 20.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
- 21.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 22.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
- 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 24.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave before
- 25.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) misrespect
- 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) prepay
- 27.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) preagree
- 28.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
- 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 30.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) misloyal
- 31.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
- 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 33.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
- 34.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
- 35.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
- 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
- 37.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
- 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
- 39.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 40.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
Answer key
- re-
- not common
- cook before
- not loyal
- untidy
- build again
- not kind
- repaint
- not honest
- reheat
- reopen
- retell
- heat again
- disallow
- rejoin
- rewrite
- pre-
- not well
- mis-
- recheck
- not clear
- not equal
- un-
- behave wrongly
- disrespect
- prepay
- disagree
- unsafe
- judge wrongly
- disloyal
- understand wrongly
- misunderstand
- misbehave
- visit again
- view before
- unequal
- revisit
- spell wrongly
- dis-
- use wrongly
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