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 “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
- 2.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
- 3.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) discount
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 5.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
- 6.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
- 7.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
- 8.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
- 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 10.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
- 11.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 12.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) rekind
- 13.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) reunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 14.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 16.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
- 17.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
- 18.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 19.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
- 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
- 21.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
- 22.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) not understand
- 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
- 24.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) preread (d) misread
- 25.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
- 26.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 27.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
- 28.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) dislead
- 29.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) respect before
- 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
- 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
- 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 34.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) unhonest (d) prehonest
- 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
- 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) resafe
- 37.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
- 38.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
- 39.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
- 40.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
Answer key
- visit again
- reopen
- miscount
- mis-
- disobey
- not honest
- pay before
- unfair
- re-
- disloyal
- reheat
- unkind
- misunderstand
- not obey
- dis-
- rewrite
- prejudge
- heat before
- paint again
- spell wrongly
- repaint
- understand wrongly
- disagree
- misread
- not fair
- not tidy
- preheat
- mislead
- not usual
- not respect
- unusual
- not equal
- not safe
- dishonest
- play again
- unsafe
- tell again
- write again
- not loyal
- pre-
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