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 word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
- 2.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 3.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 5.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
- 6.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) agree before
- 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 9.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
- 10.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 12.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
- 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) prekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
- 14.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) disread (d) misread
- 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) mispaint
- 16.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
- 18.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
- 21.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
- 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
- 23.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
- 24.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) pretell
- 25.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) miswell (d) unwell
- 26.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
- 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
- 28.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 29.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 30.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
- 31.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 32.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) preview (d) unview
- 33.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
- 34.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) not read (d) read wrongly
- 35.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
- 36.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 37.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
- 38.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
- 40.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
Answer key
- unclear
- tell again
- not loyal
- dis-
- view before
- not agree
- mis-
- un-
- not continue
- disagree
- pre-
- not well
- unkind
- misread
- repaint
- judge before
- not safe
- not equal
- not happy
- not lucky
- not allow
- hear wrongly
- not kind
- retell
- unwell
- reopen
- untidy
- re-
- visit again
- disrespect
- use again
- preview
- join again
- read wrongly
- build again
- use wrongly
- disobey
- reheat
- not honest
- dishonest
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