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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 2.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
- 3.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) unpay
- 4.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
- 5.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow again (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
- 6.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
- 8.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
- 9.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
- 10.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 11.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
- 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
- 13.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) diswell (d) rewell
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 16.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
- 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
- 19.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 20.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
- 21.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
- 22.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
- 23.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal again
- 24.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
- 25.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
- 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 27.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) retell
- 28.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 29.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
- 30.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
- 31.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
- 32.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
- 33.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 34.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
- 35.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) preplay (c) misplay (d) replay
- 36.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 37.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
- 38.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) read before (d) not read
- 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 40.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
Answer key
- judge before
- misbehave
- prepay
- join again
- not allow
- reheat
- not safe
- write again
- build again
- use wrongly
- not fair
- unsafe
- unwell
- dis-
- un-
- not agree
- pre-
- disloyal
- paint again
- untidy
- unusual
- understand wrongly
- not equal
- play again
- tell again
- re-
- retell
- mis-
- not honest
- recheck
- revisit
- count wrongly
- misjudge
- view before
- replay
- preheat
- not tidy
- read wrongly
- judge wrongly
- not well
Free vocabulary lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/vocabulary-builder