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 “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 2.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
- 3.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) relead (d) mislead
- 4.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 5.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open before (d) open wrongly
- 6.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
- 7.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
- 8.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) reloyal
- 9.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) recook
- 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
- 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 12.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) retell (d) distell
- 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 14.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) refair
- 15.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
- 16.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 18.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
- 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
- 20.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) unpay
- 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 22.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) recount (c) uncount (d) precount
- 23.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
- 24.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
- 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
- 26.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 27.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
- 28.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy before
- 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 31.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) not hear
- 32.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) rewell
- 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
- 34.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
- 35.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
- 36.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
- 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 38.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
- 39.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 40.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
Answer key
- heat again
- not safe
- mislead
- pay before
- open again
- behave wrongly
- revisit
- disloyal
- precook
- misbehave
- mis-
- retell
- pre-
- unfair
- not loyal
- uncommon
- re-
- misuse
- unclear
- prepay
- un-
- miscount
- play again
- fill again
- not usual
- judge wrongly
- disrespect
- not tidy
- not happy
- dis-
- hear wrongly
- unwell
- prejudge
- unlucky
- join again
- tell again
- judge before
- reheat
- paint again
- not equal
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