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 “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) disfill
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 3.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
- 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
- 5.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 8.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) recount
- 9.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly
- 10.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
- 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
- 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
- 15.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) precheck
- 17.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 18.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
- 19.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) prewell
- 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy before
- 21.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
- 22.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
- 23.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) understand again
- 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
- 25.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) untell
- 27.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
- 28.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
- 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) unspell
- 30.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
- 31.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
- 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
- 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 34.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 35.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) dishear
- 36.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) display (d) misplay
- 37.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
- 38.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
- 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 40.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
Answer key
- refill
- un-
- read wrongly
- misuse
- not respect
- pre-
- dis-
- miscount
- check again
- behave wrongly
- re-
- untidy
- mis-
- play again
- judge wrongly
- recheck
- reheat
- not obey
- unwell
- not happy
- join again
- unsafe
- understand wrongly
- unhappy
- misjudge
- retell
- misbehave
- not honest
- misspell
- unusual
- discontinue
- not equal
- misunderstand
- not clear
- mishear
- replay
- not common
- preheat
- heat before
- view before
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