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) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 2.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
- 3.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 6.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
- 7.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) preplace
- 8.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 9.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
- 10.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
- 11.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
- 12.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) misview (d) unview
- 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) refair
- 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
- 16.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
- 17.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) misopen
- 18.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 19.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 20.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
- 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
- 22.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
- 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
- 24.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
- 25.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
- 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
- 27.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) well again
- 28.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 29.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) disread (d) misread
- 30.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 31.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
- 32.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
- 33.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
- 34.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) prespell
- 35.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
- 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
- 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
- 39.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
- 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
Answer key
- dis-
- disobey
- rewrite
- pre-
- re-
- not kind
- misplace
- reheat
- visit again
- count wrongly
- build again
- preview
- unfair
- mis-
- not tidy
- open again
- reopen
- heat again
- behave wrongly
- repaint
- disagree
- unequal
- untidy
- revisit
- disallow
- dishonest
- not well
- not safe
- misread
- heat before
- disloyal
- recheck
- cook before
- misspell
- not happy
- unkind
- unsafe
- unusual
- unlucky
- not agree
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