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.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 2.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
- 3.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair again
- 4.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
- 5.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
- 6.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) prespell
- 7.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) mislead
- 8.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) unwell
- 11.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
- 12.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
- 13.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 14.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
- 15.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
- 16.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
- 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) not safe
- 18.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
- 22.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) mishonest
- 23.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 25.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) unfill
- 26.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) agree before
- 27.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
- 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
- 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 30.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
- 31.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 32.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 33.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
- 34.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) prebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
- 35.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit before
- 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) rehear
- 37.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) displace
- 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
- 40.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
Answer key
- re-
- untidy
- not fair
- place wrongly
- spell wrongly
- misspell
- mislead
- unclear
- pre-
- unwell
- unhappy
- behave wrongly
- not kind
- disloyal
- not lucky
- unsafe
- not safe
- rewrite
- dis-
- mis-
- disagree
- dishonest
- join again
- un-
- refill
- not agree
- read wrongly
- hear wrongly
- judge wrongly
- prejudge
- use wrongly
- not usual
- reheat
- misbehave
- visit again
- mishear
- misplace
- heat again
- not common
- count wrongly
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