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) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) mishonest (d) dishonest
- 2.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
- 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 4.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 5.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
- 6.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) hear again
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 9.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
- 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) not check
- 11.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
- 12.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
- 13.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
- 15.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) disfair
- 16.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 17.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
- 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 19.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) replay
- 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 21.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
- 22.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
- 23.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
- 25.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
- 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) prehappy
- 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
- 28.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
- 29.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
- 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) not count (d) count again
- 31.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
- 32.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) prepay
- 33.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
- 34.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 35.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
- 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) untell (d) distell
- 38.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
- 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
- 40.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
Answer key
- dishonest
- lead wrongly
- mis-
- not obey
- pay before
- hear wrongly
- un-
- dis-
- not agree
- check again
- not common
- use again
- open again
- unsafe
- unfair
- preheat
- rebuild
- pre-
- replay
- re-
- join again
- unlucky
- not lucky
- unusual
- rejoin
- unhappy
- write again
- spell wrongly
- disloyal
- count wrongly
- untidy
- prepay
- place wrongly
- judge before
- misuse
- unkind
- retell
- not fair
- not well
- not usual
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