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 “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) misplace
- 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
- 3.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
- 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
- 5.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
- 6.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
- 7.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 10.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
- 11.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
- 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
- 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 15.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
- 16.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) disfill
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) recook
- 20.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
- 21.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
- 22.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) miswell
- 23.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) rehear
- 24.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
- 25.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) uncount
- 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
- 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
- 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
- 30.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) unspell
- 31.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
- 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 33.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
- 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
- 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
- 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) diskind
- 37.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
- 38.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
- 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
- 40.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
Answer key
- misplace
- behave wrongly
- repaint
- unlucky
- tell again
- discontinue
- reheat
- dis-
- heat again
- hear wrongly
- disallow
- untidy
- not tidy
- un-
- unsafe
- refill
- re-
- pre-
- precook
- not common
- disobey
- unwell
- mishear
- spell wrongly
- miscount
- mis-
- mislead
- rewrite
- unfair
- misspell
- view before
- not lucky
- play again
- not well
- not fair
- unkind
- not clear
- unequal
- reopen
- not loyal
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