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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common again
- 4.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 6.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
- 7.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) replace
- 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 9.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) pretell
- 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 11.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
- 12.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
- 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
- 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build
- 15.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
- 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
- 17.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
- 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 21.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) discook
- 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
- 23.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
- 24.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) not understand
- 25.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
- 26.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
- 27.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
- 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) usual again
- 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
- 30.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
- 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 33.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 34.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) misfair
- 35.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
- 36.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
- 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
- 39.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) unpay
- 40.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
Answer key
- not happy
- dis-
- not common
- rejoin
- mis-
- paint again
- misplace
- heat again
- retell
- not fair
- cook before
- place wrongly
- not allow
- build again
- revisit
- recheck
- rebuild
- un-
- judge before
- re-
- precook
- hear wrongly
- not clear
- understand wrongly
- unsafe
- uncommon
- prejudge
- not usual
- not agree
- fill again
- refill
- not kind
- pre-
- unfair
- unhappy
- judge wrongly
- read wrongly
- visit again
- prepay
- not lucky
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