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 “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
- 2.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 3.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) rerespect (d) unrespect
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 5.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) rewell (d) diswell
- 6.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check again
- 7.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead again
- 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 9.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) equal again
- 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 11.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
- 12.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) misview
- 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
- 14.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
- 15.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey again
- 17.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 19.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
- 20.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) not build (d) build wrongly
- 21.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue before
- 22.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 23.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) untell
- 24.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) reread (c) misread (d) disread
- 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place again
- 26.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 27.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) happy before
- 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
- 29.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 30.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
- 31.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
- 32.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
- 33.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) respell
- 34.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
- 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
- 37.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
- 38.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) mishonest
- 39.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 40.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
Answer key
- not agree
- heat again
- disrespect
- un-
- unwell
- check again
- lead wrongly
- re-
- not equal
- pre-
- open again
- preview
- not common
- not usual
- judge wrongly
- not obey
- use wrongly
- dis-
- miscount
- build again
- not continue
- misjudge
- retell
- misread
- place wrongly
- use again
- not happy
- write again
- mis-
- discontinue
- not fair
- misuse
- misspell
- not safe
- fill again
- disobey
- revisit
- dishonest
- play again
- reheat
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