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 “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 2.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count wrongly (c) count again (d) not count
- 3.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) discount (d) recount
- 4.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 5.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) misfill
- 6.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) not spell
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 9.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
- 10.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 12.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
- 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
- 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) distell (d) pretell
- 15.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) disspell (d) misspell
- 16.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 17.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) reread (d) preread
- 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 20.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
- 21.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) disfair
- 22.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) rehear
- 23.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) prebuild
- 24.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play before
- 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
- 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
- 27.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
- 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
- 29.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
- 30.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 31.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) replace
- 32.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) unloyal (d) reloyal
- 33.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
- 34.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
- 35.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
- 36.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
- 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
- 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
Answer key
- paint again
- count wrongly
- miscount
- judge before
- refill
- spell wrongly
- un-
- pre-
- unkind
- not allow
- dis-
- dishonest
- untidy
- retell
- misspell
- not clear
- misread
- re-
- mis-
- reopen
- unfair
- mishear
- rebuild
- play again
- use wrongly
- place wrongly
- misjudge
- write again
- lead wrongly
- not fair
- misplace
- disloyal
- not happy
- read wrongly
- rewrite
- tell again
- unlucky
- not kind
- heat before
- rejoin
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