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 “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 2.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 4.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
- 5.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) replay
- 6.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 8.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) disvisit
- 9.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
- 10.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
- 11.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) precook (d) uncook
- 12.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 13.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
- 14.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
- 15.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
- 16.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common before
- 18.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
- 19.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 21.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
- 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 23.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
- 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
- 25.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 26.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
- 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) disspell
- 28.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
- 30.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
- 31.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) disbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
- 32.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play before (d) play wrongly
- 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead before
- 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
- 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
- 36.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) relead
- 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read before (d) read again
- 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 39.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) not build
- 40.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
Answer key
- pay before
- paint again
- dis-
- visit again
- replay
- not usual
- pre-
- revisit
- use again
- understand wrongly
- precook
- prejudge
- unhappy
- misjudge
- unequal
- heat again
- not common
- spell wrongly
- unkind
- un-
- misbehave
- mis-
- behave wrongly
- unlucky
- heat before
- not clear
- misspell
- re-
- not agree
- unsafe
- rebuild
- play again
- lead wrongly
- join again
- not fair
- mislead
- read wrongly
- retell
- build again
- not happy
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