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 “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 3.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
- 4.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
- 5.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 7.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 9.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
- 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) check before
- 11.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 12.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) disbuild
- 13.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
- 14.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
- 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 16.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) disfill
- 17.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) mispay
- 18.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
- 19.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
- 20.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) rehear
- 21.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) recook (d) miscook
- 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 24.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) rewell (d) unwell
- 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
- 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
- 27.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 28.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
- 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
- 30.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
- 31.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) replace
- 32.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) unvisit
- 33.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 34.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
- 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
- 36.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
- 37.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
- 38.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
- 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 40.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
Answer key
- spell wrongly
- un-
- lead wrongly
- unhappy
- disagree
- re-
- visit again
- mis-
- not common
- check again
- paint again
- rebuild
- hear wrongly
- write again
- heat again
- refill
- prepay
- reopen
- dishonest
- mishear
- precook
- not lucky
- dis-
- unwell
- untidy
- not equal
- preheat
- misunderstand
- miscount
- unsafe
- misplace
- revisit
- pre-
- misjudge
- misbehave
- count wrongly
- unusual
- not agree
- judge wrongly
- not well
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