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) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 2.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
- 3.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) prewrite
- 5.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
- 6.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) unopen
- 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
- 11.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
- 12.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
- 13.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
- 14.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) recook
- 15.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
- 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 17.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) prehear (c) rehear (d) dishear
- 18.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 19.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) disview (c) review (d) misview
- 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 21.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
- 22.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) respell
- 23.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
- 24.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) previsit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
- 25.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
- 26.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
- 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 28.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) not understand
- 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
- 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
- 31.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
- 32.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) unjoin
- 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) diswell
- 34.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
- 35.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
- 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) precheck (d) discheck
- 37.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
- 38.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
- 39.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
- 40.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) repay
Answer key
- pre-
- untidy
- misunderstand
- rewrite
- not usual
- reopen
- mis-
- dis-
- un-
- not tidy
- not fair
- lead wrongly
- reuse
- precook
- not honest
- re-
- mishear
- visit again
- preview
- reheat
- build again
- misspell
- check again
- revisit
- uncommon
- disagree
- heat again
- understand wrongly
- behave wrongly
- disobey
- write again
- rejoin
- unwell
- hear wrongly
- not common
- recheck
- disloyal
- preheat
- fill again
- prepay
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