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) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
- 3.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) prepay
- 4.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
- 7.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
- 8.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read before (d) read again
- 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 11.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
- 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) diskind
- 14.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 16.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) not pay
- 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
- 18.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
- 19.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) not check (d) check before
- 20.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) disfill
- 21.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
- 22.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
- 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
- 24.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
- 25.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
- 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
- 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) unspell
- 28.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 29.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
- 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
- 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
- 34.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
- 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 36.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
- 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
- 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
- 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
- 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) dispaint
Answer key
- re-
- not kind
- prepay
- reopen
- mis-
- misjudge
- not continue
- read wrongly
- fill again
- dis-
- unusual
- pre-
- unkind
- reuse
- un-
- pay before
- misplace
- uncommon
- check again
- refill
- hear wrongly
- disallow
- not obey
- not allow
- spell wrongly
- not well
- misspell
- heat again
- unclear
- count wrongly
- open again
- behave wrongly
- dishonest
- disrespect
- play again
- view before
- unsafe
- rewrite
- untidy
- repaint
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