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 “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
- 2.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) untell (c) retell (d) distell
- 3.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 5.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 7.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 8.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) prerespect
- 9.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) prefill (d) refill
- 10.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 13.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
- 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
- 17.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
- 18.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
- 19.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) disfair
- 20.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
- 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
- 23.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) clear before
- 24.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) prejoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
- 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
- 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) unkind
- 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) misspell
- 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) miswrite
- 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) uncount
- 30.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) display (d) unplay
- 31.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
- 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
- 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) diswell
- 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
- 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
- 36.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 37.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 38.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
- 39.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
Answer key
- disobey
- retell
- play again
- pre-
- repaint
- dis-
- misunderstand
- disrespect
- refill
- not obey
- un-
- mis-
- tell again
- re-
- not tidy
- not equal
- unlucky
- unequal
- unfair
- paint again
- reheat
- unclear
- not clear
- rejoin
- join again
- unkind
- misspell
- rewrite
- miscount
- replay
- unhappy
- not well
- unwell
- misbehave
- preheat
- not lucky
- not allow
- place wrongly
- hear wrongly
- understand wrongly
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