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 word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
- 2.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
- 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) prewell
- 4.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
- 5.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 11.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 12.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check again (d) check wrongly
- 13.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
- 14.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
- 15.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
- 16.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
- 17.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
- 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 19.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
- 20.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
- 21.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint again
- 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) preread (d) unread
- 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 24.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
- 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
- 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
- 28.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
- 29.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
- 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 31.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
- 33.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave before
- 34.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) displace
- 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
- 37.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
- 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
- 39.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 40.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
Answer key
- unusual
- unsafe
- unwell
- not fair
- misspell
- pre-
- re-
- hear wrongly
- un-
- mis-
- judge wrongly
- check again
- view before
- misbehave
- disobey
- not clear
- join again
- tell again
- recheck
- not continue
- paint again
- misread
- not obey
- rejoin
- not agree
- dis-
- untidy
- misuse
- revisit
- not safe
- judge before
- discontinue
- behave wrongly
- pay before
- misplace
- misjudge
- precook
- spell wrongly
- play again
- use wrongly
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