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 prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 2.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
- 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) rewell (c) miswell (d) unwell
- 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
- 5.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
- 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
- 7.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 10.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
- 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
- 12.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) untell
- 13.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
- 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) unpaint (d) prepaint
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 16.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 17.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
- 18.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 19.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) misloyal
- 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 21.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
- 22.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind again
- 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
- 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
- 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
- 26.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) misfair
- 27.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) dispay (c) prepay (d) repay
- 28.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
- 29.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
- 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 31.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) respell (c) disspell (d) prespell
- 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
- 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
- 35.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
- 36.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) mislead
- 37.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) prehappy
- 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) replay (d) preplay
- 40.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
Answer key
- mis-
- count wrongly
- unwell
- rewrite
- use wrongly
- unequal
- judge wrongly
- pre-
- not honest
- build again
- uncommon
- retell
- play again
- repaint
- un-
- misjudge
- tell again
- place wrongly
- disloyal
- re-
- not tidy
- not kind
- rejoin
- unusual
- untidy
- unfair
- prepay
- not obey
- not common
- spell wrongly
- misspell
- dis-
- not lucky
- discontinue
- not loyal
- mislead
- unhappy
- not usual
- replay
- write again
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