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 “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
- 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
- 3.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 5.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 8.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 9.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
- 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
- 13.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
- 14.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
- 15.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
- 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
- 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) mishonest
- 18.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
- 19.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) prehear
- 20.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) repay (c) dispay (d) unpay
- 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 22.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 23.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
- 24.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
- 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) prelead
- 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 27.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
- 28.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
- 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
- 31.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
- 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
- 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
- 34.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
- 35.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) unview (d) review
- 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
- 38.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
- 39.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
- 40.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
Answer key
- unhappy
- not usual
- pay before
- dis-
- join again
- un-
- uncommon
- not lucky
- use wrongly
- misbehave
- pre-
- untidy
- not well
- unusual
- not allow
- not happy
- dishonest
- misunderstand
- mishear
- prepay
- mis-
- re-
- not equal
- prejudge
- mislead
- visit again
- recheck
- heat again
- behave wrongly
- count wrongly
- rewrite
- discontinue
- unsafe
- use again
- preview
- unlucky
- read wrongly
- preheat
- view before
- heat before
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