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) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 2.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
- 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
- 4.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
- 5.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 6.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 8.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
- 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
- 10.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 11.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
- 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
- 13.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
- 14.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 15.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
- 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
- 17.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 18.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
- 19.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) miscontinue (d) recontinue
- 20.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
- 21.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
- 22.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
- 23.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
- 24.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 25.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) unread (d) disread
- 26.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) display (d) unplay
- 27.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
- 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) unfair
- 30.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) preclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
- 31.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) mistell
- 32.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
- 34.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) count again (d) not count
- 35.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
- 36.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) mishonest
- 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
- 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) unwell
- 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 40.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
Answer key
- un-
- repaint
- not honest
- hear wrongly
- use wrongly
- not lucky
- dis-
- unhappy
- fill again
- view before
- unsafe
- not tidy
- tell again
- judge wrongly
- play again
- lead wrongly
- not fair
- reuse
- discontinue
- disallow
- not agree
- unlucky
- check again
- re-
- misread
- replay
- pre-
- rejoin
- unfair
- unclear
- retell
- mis-
- understand wrongly
- count wrongly
- build again
- dishonest
- not equal
- unwell
- use again
- not allow
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