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 “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
- 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
- 3.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
- 4.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 6.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) preclear
- 7.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
- 8.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
- 9.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) prehear
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 11.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
- 12.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) diskind
- 14.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 15.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
- 16.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) recontinue
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 18.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
- 19.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
- 20.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 21.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
- 22.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) misfair
- 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
- 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
- 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 26.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 27.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
- 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 29.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well before
- 30.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
- 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) not obey
- 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) disfill
- 33.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
- 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) not common
- 35.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) reagree
- 36.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand again
- 37.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
- 38.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) unread (c) disread (d) reread
- 39.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) not agree
- 40.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
Answer key
- join again
- not usual
- unequal
- pay before
- dis-
- unclear
- not tidy
- unlucky
- mishear
- mis-
- misuse
- judge wrongly
- unkind
- reheat
- not loyal
- discontinue
- re-
- heat before
- paint again
- not equal
- prejudge
- unfair
- tell again
- visit again
- not lucky
- not kind
- reuse
- un-
- not well
- unusual
- not obey
- refill
- misjudge
- not common
- disagree
- understand wrongly
- not respect
- misread
- not agree
- preheat
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