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 “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 2.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
- 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 4.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
- 5.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 9.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) fair again
- 10.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
- 11.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
- 12.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 13.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 14.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
- 15.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
- 16.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) precook
- 17.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
- 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
- 19.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
- 20.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) unplay (c) preplay (d) misplay
- 21.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
- 22.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 23.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
- 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
- 25.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
- 26.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
- 27.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 28.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
- 29.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
- 30.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) reagree
- 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
- 32.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay again
- 33.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
- 34.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) misusual
- 35.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue again
- 36.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) unfair
- 37.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) respell (d) misspell
- 38.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
- 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
Answer key
- dis-
- place wrongly
- re-
- not equal
- rewrite
- pre-
- mis-
- un-
- not fair
- visit again
- not allow
- unequal
- judge wrongly
- uncommon
- not happy
- precook
- not tidy
- not usual
- build again
- replay
- unlucky
- reheat
- unsafe
- not lucky
- disrespect
- not loyal
- check again
- count wrongly
- rebuild
- disagree
- unkind
- pay before
- spell wrongly
- unusual
- not continue
- unfair
- misspell
- judge before
- not common
- repaint
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