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 “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) unread (c) misread (d) preread
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 4.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well again
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 7.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) misfill
- 8.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 9.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
- 10.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
- 11.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
- 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
- 13.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
- 14.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 15.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
- 16.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) open again
- 17.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
- 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 19.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
- 20.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) prekind
- 21.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 23.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
- 24.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
- 26.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) misview (d) unview
- 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) unplay (d) preplay
- 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 29.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) dislead
- 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) preobey
- 31.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) prefair
- 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 33.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
- 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 35.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
- 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
- 37.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
- 38.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
- 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 40.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
Answer key
- misread
- dis-
- un-
- not well
- pre-
- re-
- refill
- use again
- play again
- unequal
- not usual
- unsafe
- visit again
- heat again
- unusual
- open again
- untidy
- not safe
- paint again
- unkind
- check again
- mis-
- discontinue
- heat before
- not lucky
- preview
- replay
- prejudge
- mislead
- disobey
- unfair
- not common
- rewrite
- preheat
- disallow
- not happy
- count wrongly
- rebuild
- not honest
- fill again
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