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 obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) reobey
- 2.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view again (d) view wrongly
- 3.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
- 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 5.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
- 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common before
- 8.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
- 9.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
- 12.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) unhear
- 13.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 15.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) preclear (d) reclear
- 16.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) disspell
- 17.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) miscommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
- 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
- 19.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
- 20.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
- 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
- 22.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
- 23.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 25.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
- 27.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) unpay
- 28.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
- 31.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
- 32.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
- 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
- 34.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
- 35.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
- 36.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
- 37.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
- 38.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) recook
- 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
- 40.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
Answer key
- disobey
- view before
- understand wrongly
- re-
- misjudge
- not fair
- not common
- dishonest
- unlucky
- mis-
- read wrongly
- mishear
- paint again
- un-
- unclear
- misspell
- uncommon
- not loyal
- misbehave
- recheck
- reheat
- unhappy
- judge before
- not lucky
- spell wrongly
- not well
- prepay
- pre-
- dis-
- not obey
- revisit
- unusual
- retell
- use wrongly
- tell again
- refill
- play again
- precook
- untidy
- not happy
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