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 “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
- 2.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
- 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 4.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 5.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
- 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 7.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
- 8.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) miswrite
- 9.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count before (d) count again
- 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 11.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) discount (d) miscount
- 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 13.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
- 14.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
- 15.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
- 16.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 17.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
- 18.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) miscook (d) precook
- 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
- 20.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) unread (d) disread
- 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
- 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
- 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) unkind
- 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
- 25.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead before
- 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) place before (d) not place
- 27.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave before
- 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 29.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
- 30.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
- 31.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
- 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
- 33.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
- 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 35.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
- 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
- 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) pretell
- 38.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
- 39.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 40.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
Answer key
- not safe
- not respect
- re-
- heat again
- not honest
- mis-
- not clear
- rewrite
- count wrongly
- pre-
- miscount
- dis-
- discontinue
- use wrongly
- play again
- reheat
- misbehave
- precook
- uncommon
- misread
- disagree
- pay before
- unkind
- read wrongly
- lead wrongly
- place wrongly
- behave wrongly
- prejudge
- not loyal
- mislead
- join again
- not kind
- unfair
- preheat
- hear wrongly
- not continue
- retell
- unsafe
- un-
- not allow
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