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.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 3.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 4.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count before (d) count wrongly
- 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) misfair
- 6.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
- 7.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
- 8.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 9.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
- 10.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) misopen
- 11.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
- 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 13.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
- 14.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) not paint
- 15.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) dislead (d) relead
- 16.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) untell (d) distell
- 17.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check again
- 18.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 19.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) equal again
- 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
- 21.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
- 22.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) rewell (d) unwell
- 23.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
- 24.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
- 25.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) disbehave
- 26.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
- 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
- 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
- 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 30.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
- 31.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
- 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
- 33.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
- 34.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
- 35.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) review (c) preview (d) unview
- 36.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
- 37.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 38.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
- 39.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) recook (d) precook
- 40.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
Answer key
- spell wrongly
- mis-
- reheat
- count wrongly
- unfair
- use wrongly
- rewrite
- fill again
- view before
- reopen
- misuse
- re-
- write again
- paint again
- mislead
- retell
- check again
- not clear
- not equal
- disobey
- understand wrongly
- unwell
- join again
- place wrongly
- misbehave
- reuse
- rejoin
- open again
- un-
- dishonest
- not safe
- unlucky
- not agree
- unsafe
- preview
- read wrongly
- dis-
- not respect
- precook
- tell again
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