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) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 3.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand again
- 4.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 6.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 7.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
- 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 10.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) refair (d) disfair
- 13.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) rehear
- 14.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
- 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
- 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 17.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
- 19.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
- 21.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
- 22.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
- 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 25.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 27.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) rebehave
- 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
- 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) respell
- 30.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 31.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
- 32.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
- 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) unvisit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
- 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
- 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
- 37.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
- 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
- 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build
Answer key
- mis-
- behave wrongly
- understand wrongly
- disagree
- un-
- tell again
- lead wrongly
- disallow
- pre-
- reuse
- dis-
- unfair
- mishear
- hear wrongly
- spell wrongly
- not happy
- reheat
- not safe
- heat again
- paint again
- not fair
- not continue
- re-
- preheat
- visit again
- place wrongly
- misbehave
- not equal
- misspell
- judge wrongly
- disobey
- unhappy
- revisit
- not lucky
- misjudge
- recheck
- not well
- rewrite
- open again
- build again
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