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 honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) rehonest
- 2.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
- 3.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
- 4.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 6.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 7.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind again
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 11.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
- 12.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
- 13.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
- 14.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) prepay
- 15.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) mislead
- 16.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) display (c) preplay (d) unplay
- 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) cook again
- 18.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) preclear
- 20.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) misfair
- 21.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) respell
- 22.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
- 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 24.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) write before
- 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
- 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
- 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
- 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
- 29.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 30.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
- 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) not well
- 32.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
- 33.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair again
- 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
- 35.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
- 36.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 37.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
- 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
- 40.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
Answer key
- dishonest
- hear wrongly
- not allow
- pay before
- re-
- judge before
- not kind
- dis-
- pre-
- un-
- unusual
- misbehave
- reheat
- prepay
- mislead
- replay
- cook before
- judge wrongly
- unclear
- unfair
- misspell
- open again
- mis-
- write again
- paint again
- view before
- unlucky
- rejoin
- tell again
- play again
- not well
- unequal
- not fair
- disagree
- disallow
- not obey
- fill again
- prejudge
- untidy
- discontinue
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