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 “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
- 2.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
- 3.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 5.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
- 6.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
- 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 9.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
- 10.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) disview (c) review (d) preview
- 11.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) refair
- 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 14.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
- 15.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) preopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
- 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) misclear
- 17.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
- 18.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
- 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 20.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
- 21.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear before
- 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read before
- 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 25.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
- 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) mispay
- 27.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
- 28.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) misfill
- 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) rewell
- 30.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
- 31.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
- 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
- 33.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
- 34.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
- 35.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) prewrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
- 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 37.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
- 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 39.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) pretidy
Answer key
- not honest
- misbehave
- not respect
- dis-
- dishonest
- fill again
- mis-
- un-
- unhappy
- preview
- not usual
- unfair
- not allow
- not agree
- reopen
- unclear
- not well
- misspell
- re-
- unusual
- hear wrongly
- pre-
- read wrongly
- not happy
- unsafe
- prepay
- place wrongly
- refill
- unwell
- not continue
- paint again
- precook
- not fair
- not obey
- rewrite
- misjudge
- understand wrongly
- heat before
- judge before
- untidy
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