Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 50 · 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.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
2. 2.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
4. 4.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) unplay (d) display
5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
6. 6.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) clear before
7. 7.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) read before (d) not read
8. 8.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
9. 9.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
10. 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
11. 11.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) misfair
12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
13. 13.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) unview (d) review
14. 14.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow again (d) allow wrongly
15. 15.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) unhear
16. 16.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
19. 19.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
20. 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
21. 21.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
22. 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
23. 23.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand before
24. 24.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
25. 25.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
26. 26.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
27. 27.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) reclear
28. 28.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check before (d) check wrongly
29. 29.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
30. 30.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
31. 31.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
32. 32.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
33. 33.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
34. 34.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
35. 35.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) recook (d) precook
36. 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) displace
37. 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
38. 38.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) precontinue (d) uncontinue
40. 40.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell before

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