Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 48 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
3. 3.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
4. 4.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
6. 6.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place again
7. 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
8. 8.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
9. 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
10. 10.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
11. 11.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
12. 12.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
13. 13.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) prewell
14. 14.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
15. 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
16. 16.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) reread (c) disread (d) misread
17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
18. 18.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) rekind
19. 19.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
20. 20.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
22. 22.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) count before
23. 23.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
24. 24.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) misloyal
25. 25.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) refair
26. 26.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) build again (d) not build
27. 27.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
28. 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
29. 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) preunderstand (d) reunderstand
30. 30.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
31. 31.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
32. 32.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
33. 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) disopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
34. 34.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
35. 35.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
36. 36.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell before
37. 37.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
38. 38.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
39. 39.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) write before (d) not write
40. 40.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly

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