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 prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 2.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 4.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) mispaint
- 5.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 6.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) preread (d) reread
- 7.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
- 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 9.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
- 10.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 11.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
- 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 14.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) dispay
- 15.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
- 16.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
- 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 18.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
- 19.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
- 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
- 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
- 23.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
- 24.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
- 25.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
- 26.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
- 27.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) prerespect (d) misrespect
- 28.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
- 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
- 30.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
- 31.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
- 32.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 33.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
- 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
- 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) disspell
- 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
- 38.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join before (d) join wrongly
- 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) not open
- 40.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
Answer key
- re-
- retell
- pre-
- repaint
- not lucky
- misread
- precook
- not usual
- disloyal
- count wrongly
- judge before
- not tidy
- mis-
- prepay
- cook before
- misplace
- dis-
- not kind
- tell again
- heat before
- untidy
- unclear
- not loyal
- unequal
- fill again
- not respect
- disrespect
- misjudge
- behave wrongly
- not allow
- write again
- judge wrongly
- mislead
- heat again
- recheck
- misspell
- not honest
- join again
- open again
- un-
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