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 “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
- 2.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
- 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
- 7.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 9.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
- 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 12.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
- 13.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
- 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
- 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell before
- 16.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
- 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 19.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) not check
- 20.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) not common (d) common wrongly
- 21.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
- 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
- 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
- 25.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
- 26.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
- 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
- 28.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
- 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
- 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
- 32.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) preview (d) disview
- 33.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 34.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) unpay (d) prepay
- 35.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
- 37.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
- 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
- 40.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
Answer key
- not equal
- unclear
- misuse
- un-
- pre-
- recheck
- build again
- mis-
- reheat
- misbehave
- place wrongly
- unwell
- not loyal
- count wrongly
- spell wrongly
- misunderstand
- not lucky
- dis-
- check again
- not common
- judge before
- disobey
- not fair
- preheat
- read wrongly
- not safe
- untidy
- fill again
- re-
- not respect
- not tidy
- preview
- paint again
- prepay
- tell again
- unkind
- join again
- not happy
- discontinue
- disagree
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