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 word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
- 2.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
- 3.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
- 4.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 7.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view again
- 8.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 9.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) prespell
- 10.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
- 11.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint
- 12.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
- 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
- 14.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
- 15.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 17.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) preview (d) review
- 18.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
- 20.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) unjoin (c) misjoin (d) prejoin
- 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
- 22.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) prelead (c) mislead (d) dislead
- 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 27.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
- 28.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
- 29.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
- 30.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) unhear (d) prehear
- 31.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) reallow (d) unallow
- 32.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) not respect
- 33.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
- 34.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
- 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
- 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
- 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
- 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) disopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
- 40.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
Answer key
- rebuild
- not honest
- lead wrongly
- read wrongly
- pre-
- mis-
- view before
- unequal
- misspell
- visit again
- paint again
- unhappy
- disobey
- recheck
- check again
- re-
- preview
- heat before
- pay before
- rejoin
- not common
- judge before
- not fair
- dis-
- mislead
- un-
- not agree
- not safe
- not clear
- mishear
- disallow
- not respect
- behave wrongly
- precook
- not kind
- unlucky
- write again
- unusual
- reopen
- uncommon
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