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 “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) unpaint (d) mispaint
- 2.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
- 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 4.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) preplace (d) misplace
- 5.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread
- 6.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) recook
- 7.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
- 8.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 9.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 11.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 12.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
- 13.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) reequal
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 16.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 17.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) relead (d) mislead
- 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 19.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 20.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
- 21.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
- 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
- 23.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
- 24.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
- 25.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
- 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
- 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) unjoin
- 28.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again
- 29.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
- 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
- 32.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) unplay (d) display
- 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
- 34.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 35.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
- 36.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
- 37.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
- 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 39.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 40.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) distell (d) untell
Answer key
- repaint
- unclear
- re-
- misplace
- misread
- precook
- place wrongly
- not kind
- paint again
- mis-
- unfair
- prejudge
- unequal
- un-
- dis-
- heat again
- mislead
- not honest
- misunderstand
- build again
- join again
- write again
- fill again
- use again
- not fair
- use wrongly
- rejoin
- cook before
- disobey
- reheat
- tell again
- replay
- revisit
- pre-
- uncommon
- not equal
- pay before
- heat before
- preheat
- retell
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