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 “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
- 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 3.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
- 4.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand
- 5.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
- 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
- 8.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
- 9.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
- 10.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 12.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again
- 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
- 14.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 15.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
- 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 18.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) unview (d) preview
- 19.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
- 20.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
- 21.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 22.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 23.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
- 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) preopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
- 29.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
- 30.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) misagree
- 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
- 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
- 34.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) display (d) replay
- 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) recount (d) miscount
- 36.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
- 37.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
- 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
- 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
- 40.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
Answer key
- not continue
- heat before
- misjudge
- understand wrongly
- unhappy
- not fair
- not happy
- build again
- not loyal
- not lucky
- pre-
- cook before
- join again
- heat again
- not safe
- not equal
- re-
- preview
- preheat
- not tidy
- judge wrongly
- unequal
- uncommon
- un-
- mis-
- dis-
- unlucky
- reopen
- not well
- disagree
- disrespect
- not kind
- revisit
- replay
- miscount
- untidy
- misbehave
- misuse
- not common
- play again
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