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) preobey (d) misobey
- 2.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 3.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) unfair
- 4.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) preequal
- 5.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 8.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
- 9.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) recheck
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 11.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
- 12.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 13.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 14.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 15.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) unplace
- 16.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
- 17.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand again
- 18.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
- 19.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) not lead
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 21.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 23.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
- 24.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) disallow (c) misallow (d) preallow
- 25.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
- 28.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
- 30.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
- 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
- 33.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
- 34.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) unpay
- 35.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
- 36.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
- 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
- 39.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) unkind
Answer key
- disobey
- count wrongly
- unfair
- unequal
- rejoin
- pre-
- re-
- disagree
- recheck
- mis-
- preheat
- not happy
- misunderstand
- reheat
- misplace
- untidy
- understand wrongly
- not agree
- lead wrongly
- dis-
- unclear
- not lucky
- use again
- disallow
- visit again
- un-
- write again
- judge wrongly
- unwell
- disloyal
- not obey
- behave wrongly
- not loyal
- prepay
- not honest
- not fair
- read wrongly
- not clear
- misuse
- unkind
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