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) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 2.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 3.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) precommon
- 4.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
- 7.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
- 8.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) prejoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 10.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) relead
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 12.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
- 13.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) not common
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
- 17.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) misplay (d) display
- 18.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
- 19.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
- 22.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
- 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell before
- 24.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 25.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
- 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
- 27.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
- 28.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
- 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
- 31.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
- 32.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) preclear
- 33.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) unrespect
- 34.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
- 35.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
- 36.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
- 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) miscount (c) discount (d) uncount
- 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
- 39.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) unfill
- 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) discook
Answer key
- mis-
- heat again
- uncommon
- not tidy
- re-
- misspell
- reheat
- rejoin
- dis-
- mislead
- pre-
- unkind
- fill again
- not common
- un-
- unlucky
- replay
- open again
- not kind
- heat before
- write again
- recheck
- tell again
- unfair
- dishonest
- place wrongly
- count wrongly
- not continue
- misjudge
- disobey
- join again
- unclear
- disrespect
- misunderstand
- unwell
- hear wrongly
- miscount
- not usual
- refill
- precook
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