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 “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 3.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) display (c) replay (d) unplay
- 4.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) disunderstand
- 5.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
- 6.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) preopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
- 7.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
- 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 9.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) untell (d) distell
- 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
- 12.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) unlead
- 13.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 15.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 16.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell before
- 17.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 18.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
- 19.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) dislucky (c) relucky (d) prelucky
- 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well before
- 21.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow again (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
- 22.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
- 23.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
- 24.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 25.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
- 26.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 27.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
- 28.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree before
- 30.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
- 31.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
- 32.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 33.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
- 34.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
- 35.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
- 36.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) not write
- 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
- 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 39.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
- 40.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
Answer key
- un-
- dis-
- replay
- misunderstand
- disagree
- reopen
- repaint
- heat again
- retell
- pre-
- not happy
- mislead
- misspell
- re-
- heat before
- spell wrongly
- not kind
- not equal
- unlucky
- not well
- not allow
- fill again
- not usual
- paint again
- count wrongly
- judge wrongly
- not fair
- mis-
- not agree
- dishonest
- check again
- misjudge
- not honest
- unequal
- use again
- write again
- rewrite
- behave wrongly
- unwell
- visit again
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