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 “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
- 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 5.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
- 6.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
- 7.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
- 8.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
- 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 10.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
- 11.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) miswell (d) unwell
- 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
- 13.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
- 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
- 15.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
- 16.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
- 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) unplace
- 18.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) discook
- 20.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
- 21.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
- 22.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
- 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build before
- 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
- 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) preplay (d) unplay
- 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
- 29.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
- 30.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) not paint
- 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) recount
- 32.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
- 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) distell (d) mistell
- 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
- 37.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
- 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
- 39.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
- 40.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
Answer key
- heat again
- not tidy
- re-
- misuse
- spell wrongly
- cook before
- view before
- not honest
- mis-
- unusual
- unwell
- unfair
- count wrongly
- unsafe
- use again
- misbehave
- misplace
- place wrongly
- precook
- use wrongly
- not happy
- not loyal
- pre-
- build again
- un-
- not well
- replay
- join again
- revisit
- paint again
- miscount
- lead wrongly
- retell
- dis-
- not kind
- misjudge
- reuse
- visit again
- read wrongly
- fill again
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