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 “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
- 2.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 3.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 5.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) unview (d) preview
- 6.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
- 7.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
- 8.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
- 9.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 10.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
- 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
- 12.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) preclear (c) misclear (d) disclear
- 13.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 16.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
- 17.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
- 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 19.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook before
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 21.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
- 22.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
- 23.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) refair
- 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
- 25.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
- 26.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
- 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) prelead (d) mislead
- 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common again (d) common before
- 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) disunderstand
- 30.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again
- 31.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
- 32.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view again (d) view wrongly
- 33.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
- 34.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) not play (d) play wrongly
- 36.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
- 37.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
- 38.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 39.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
- 40.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit again
Answer key
- fill again
- not honest
- not equal
- dis-
- preview
- prejudge
- precook
- unhappy
- judge wrongly
- rejoin
- not lucky
- unclear
- read wrongly
- re-
- pre-
- untidy
- revisit
- mis-
- cook before
- un-
- not happy
- mishear
- unfair
- not well
- disloyal
- unequal
- mislead
- not common
- misunderstand
- place wrongly
- paint again
- view before
- write again
- not allow
- play again
- hear wrongly
- not fair
- not obey
- disrespect
- visit again
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