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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 2.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) place before
- 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
- 4.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 8.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 10.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
- 11.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
- 12.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) not join
- 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
- 14.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
- 15.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) refair
- 16.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 17.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
- 18.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 19.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 20.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
- 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 22.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
- 23.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 24.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 25.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview
- 26.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) presafe (d) dissafe
- 27.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) not lead
- 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair before
- 29.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
- 30.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
- 31.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
- 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) miswell (d) rewell
- 34.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
- 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) preplace
- 36.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
- 37.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) not view (d) view again
- 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) retell
- 39.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
- 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) unjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
Answer key
- mis-
- place wrongly
- prejudge
- not tidy
- re-
- pre-
- dis-
- use again
- un-
- uncommon
- not safe
- join again
- not common
- not well
- unfair
- judge before
- hear wrongly
- preheat
- not lucky
- disallow
- reheat
- behave wrongly
- reuse
- pay before
- preview
- unsafe
- lead wrongly
- not fair
- rebuild
- misjudge
- unlucky
- read wrongly
- unwell
- use wrongly
- misplace
- unclear
- view before
- retell
- disobey
- rejoin
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