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 fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 4.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
- 5.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
- 6.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) diskind
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 8.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 9.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
- 10.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
- 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 12.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) unplace
- 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build again (d) build before
- 15.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) prejoin (c) misjoin (d) rejoin
- 16.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) unread (c) misread (d) reread
- 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 18.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) unopen
- 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) untell (d) retell
- 20.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
- 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) precount
- 22.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) preview (d) review
- 23.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey again
- 25.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
- 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
- 27.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
- 28.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
- 29.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) rewrite
- 30.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) continue before
- 31.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count before (d) count again
- 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 33.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
- 34.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
- 35.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) not write (d) write wrongly
- 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) unpaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
- 37.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
- 38.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
- 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 40.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
Answer key
- unfair
- mis-
- un-
- visit again
- misuse
- unkind
- pre-
- preheat
- not kind
- fill again
- spell wrongly
- misplace
- re-
- build again
- rejoin
- misread
- judge before
- reopen
- retell
- untidy
- miscount
- preview
- not lucky
- not obey
- uncommon
- not well
- place wrongly
- unlucky
- rewrite
- not continue
- count wrongly
- dis-
- misspell
- unsafe
- write again
- repaint
- not loyal
- disloyal
- not honest
- hear wrongly
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