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 “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
- 2.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) precontinue
- 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 4.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 7.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
- 8.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
- 9.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 10.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 12.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) rebehave
- 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 14.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 16.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
- 17.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 19.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
- 20.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
- 21.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 22.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
- 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
- 24.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) mislead
- 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
- 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
- 28.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
- 29.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) preopen
- 30.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
- 31.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) preview (d) disview
- 32.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
- 33.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
- 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 35.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) misfair
- 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
- 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) disbuild
- 38.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) cook before
- 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
- 40.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
Answer key
- not kind
- discontinue
- mis-
- judge before
- visit again
- pre-
- understand wrongly
- spell wrongly
- heat before
- disallow
- un-
- misbehave
- unclear
- misjudge
- re-
- not respect
- not tidy
- not common
- untidy
- use wrongly
- preheat
- not continue
- unkind
- misunderstand
- mislead
- disobey
- tell again
- dishonest
- reopen
- not honest
- preview
- unhappy
- reuse
- heat again
- unfair
- mishear
- rebuild
- cook before
- not well
- misuse
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