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.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair again
- 2.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
- 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 4.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 6.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) miswell
- 7.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) misloyal
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 9.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey before
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 11.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 12.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
- 13.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
- 14.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 15.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
- 16.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook before
- 17.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) display (c) unplay (d) misplay
- 18.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
- 19.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
- 20.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) diskind
- 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) misclear (d) disclear
- 23.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 24.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 26.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead again
- 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) not common (d) common before
- 28.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
- 29.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) reagree (d) misagree
- 30.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) prehonest
- 31.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
- 32.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) respell (c) disspell (d) misspell
- 33.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
- 34.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) precount (d) miscount
- 35.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
- 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
- 37.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
- 38.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) read before
- 39.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
- 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
Answer key
- not fair
- untidy
- mis-
- discontinue
- re-
- unwell
- disloyal
- dis-
- not obey
- un-
- not usual
- disrespect
- write again
- reheat
- misbehave
- cook before
- replay
- uncommon
- not equal
- unkind
- pre-
- unclear
- judge before
- not kind
- hear wrongly
- lead wrongly
- not common
- judge wrongly
- disagree
- dishonest
- reuse
- misspell
- not honest
- miscount
- join again
- repaint
- visit again
- read wrongly
- misuse
- behave wrongly
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