Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 489 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
2. 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
4. 4.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
5. 5.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
6. 6.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
7. 7.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
8. 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) preusual
9. 9.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
10. 10.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) discheck (d) precheck
11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
12. 12.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
13. 13.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
14. 14.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
15. 15.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
16. 16.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) rewell
17. 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook before
18. 18.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) display (d) replay
19. 19.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) displace
20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
21. 21.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
22. 22.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) unuse
23. 23.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) misbuild
24. 24.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
25. 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint before
26. 26.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
27. 27.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
28. 28.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) prelead
29. 29.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
30. 30.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) rerespect (d) prerespect
31. 31.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
32. 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) preobey
33. 33.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
34. 34.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) prelucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
35. 35.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
36. 36.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
37. 37.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
38. 38.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) misspell
39. 39.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly

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