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 “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 2.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
- 3.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 4.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) misfill
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
- 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
- 8.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) recount
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 10.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) diskind
- 11.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
- 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 13.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) misjoin
- 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
- 15.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
- 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
- 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
- 19.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear again
- 20.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
- 21.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
- 22.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
- 23.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 24.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
- 25.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
- 26.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
- 27.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) unplace
- 28.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
- 29.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) rehonest
- 30.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
- 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
- 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
- 35.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 36.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
- 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) prebuild (d) misbuild
- 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
- 39.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
- 40.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
Answer key
- mis-
- not agree
- heat again
- refill
- re-
- recheck
- uncommon
- miscount
- pre-
- unkind
- not continue
- un-
- rejoin
- repaint
- not clear
- not equal
- place wrongly
- disloyal
- hear wrongly
- not loyal
- use again
- unhappy
- unlucky
- not respect
- not honest
- read wrongly
- misplace
- not kind
- dishonest
- misunderstand
- not obey
- not lucky
- prejudge
- spell wrongly
- dis-
- visit again
- rebuild
- untidy
- not tidy
- reopen
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