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.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 3.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
- 4.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
- 5.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) repay
- 6.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue before
- 7.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) unfair
- 8.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) display
- 9.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) not count (d) count again
- 10.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) not open
- 11.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
- 12.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) preallow (d) unallow
- 13.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) misspell
- 14.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 16.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
- 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 18.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) dislucky
- 19.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
- 20.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 21.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
- 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
- 23.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play before (d) play wrongly
- 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) not usual
- 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 27.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) diswrite
- 28.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) miscount (c) recount (d) uncount
- 29.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) unvisit (d) misvisit
- 30.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
- 31.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
- 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
- 33.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
- 34.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) diswell
- 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
- 36.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
- 37.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal
- 38.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
- 39.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) reagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
- 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
Answer key
- pre-
- re-
- not fair
- not kind
- prepay
- not continue
- unfair
- replay
- count wrongly
- open again
- paint again
- disallow
- misspell
- heat again
- un-
- read wrongly
- mis-
- unlucky
- not allow
- view before
- tell again
- hear wrongly
- play again
- not obey
- not usual
- dis-
- rewrite
- miscount
- revisit
- dishonest
- misbehave
- not equal
- not happy
- unwell
- unequal
- check again
- disloyal
- reheat
- disagree
- not agree
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