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 “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 2.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) misfair
- 3.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) check again
- 4.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay again
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 6.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
- 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 8.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) unbehave (d) misbehave
- 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 10.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) not open
- 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 12.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
- 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 15.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
- 16.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
- 17.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
- 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common again
- 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 20.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
- 21.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 22.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 23.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
- 24.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) unvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
- 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join before (d) join again
- 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) mispay
- 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
- 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
- 31.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
- 32.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
- 33.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
- 34.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
- 35.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read again (d) read wrongly
- 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
- 37.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) display
- 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) untell (d) distell
- 39.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
- 40.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well again (d) well wrongly
Answer key
- judge before
- unfair
- check again
- pay before
- pre-
- reuse
- re-
- misbehave
- not honest
- open again
- mis-
- fill again
- unclear
- un-
- rebuild
- rejoin
- spell wrongly
- not common
- not usual
- build again
- place wrongly
- reheat
- not allow
- revisit
- join again
- prepay
- uncommon
- not fair
- dis-
- not safe
- unequal
- hear wrongly
- not happy
- unlucky
- read wrongly
- not kind
- replay
- retell
- play again
- not well
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