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 “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 3.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
- 4.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) prepay
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 8.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave before
- 9.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) rehonest
- 10.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
- 11.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
- 12.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 13.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
- 14.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
- 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
- 16.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
- 17.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) reobey
- 18.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) not fill
- 19.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 20.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) disvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
- 21.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
- 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
- 23.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) precount (d) miscount
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 25.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
- 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand before
- 27.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 28.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) misview
- 29.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) unhear
- 30.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
- 31.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 32.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
- 33.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
- 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) untell
- 36.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
- 37.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
- 38.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 39.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
- 40.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead
Answer key
- not clear
- re-
- not common
- not equal
- mis-
- prepay
- dis-
- behave wrongly
- dishonest
- not happy
- unfair
- misjudge
- reheat
- not usual
- repaint
- not fair
- disobey
- fill again
- judge wrongly
- revisit
- not allow
- not well
- miscount
- un-
- unsafe
- understand wrongly
- not tidy
- preview
- mishear
- misbehave
- not kind
- not agree
- check again
- discontinue
- retell
- rejoin
- build again
- tell again
- use again
- lead wrongly
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