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.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 3.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
- 4.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) preplace
- 5.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) mishear
- 6.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
- 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
- 8.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
- 9.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 12.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
- 14.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
- 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) not hear
- 16.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
- 17.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave before
- 18.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
- 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 20.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
- 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) refill
- 23.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
- 24.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
- 25.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 26.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
- 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
- 28.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
- 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
- 30.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
- 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
- 32.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 33.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) unagree (d) misagree
- 35.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree again
- 36.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
- 37.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
- 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
- 39.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
- 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
Answer key
- not allow
- mis-
- not well
- misplace
- mishear
- not equal
- uncommon
- understand wrongly
- untidy
- un-
- dis-
- use wrongly
- disobey
- not fair
- hear wrongly
- unusual
- behave wrongly
- not continue
- judge before
- join again
- pre-
- refill
- reuse
- paint again
- reheat
- not kind
- write again
- use again
- open again
- not honest
- misjudge
- re-
- tell again
- disagree
- not agree
- not obey
- revisit
- visit again
- check again
- unkind
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