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 honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
- 2.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) not pay
- 3.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) dispay
- 4.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) unfill
- 5.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
- 6.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) not view
- 7.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) untell (d) mistell
- 8.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead before
- 9.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
- 10.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) display (c) preplay (d) misplay
- 11.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
- 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 14.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join before (d) join wrongly
- 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
- 16.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
- 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) disequal
- 18.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) discook (d) precook
- 19.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
- 20.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again
- 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 22.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
- 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 25.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
- 26.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
- 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
- 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) disfair
- 30.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
- 31.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 32.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
- 33.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) uncount (d) miscount
- 34.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
- 35.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
- 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) not open
- 37.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
- 38.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) unloyal
- 39.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
- 40.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
Answer key
- dishonest
- pay before
- prepay
- refill
- disrespect
- view before
- retell
- lead wrongly
- disagree
- replay
- repaint
- re-
- pre-
- join again
- untidy
- uncommon
- unequal
- precook
- unwell
- place wrongly
- un-
- reopen
- mis-
- dis-
- not happy
- not obey
- rejoin
- not lucky
- unfair
- behave wrongly
- not kind
- build again
- miscount
- paint again
- discontinue
- open again
- visit again
- disloyal
- not loyal
- not common
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