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 “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
- 2.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 4.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
- 5.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) miswell
- 6.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 7.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
- 8.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) refill
- 9.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
- 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
- 11.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
- 12.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
- 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 14.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
- 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
- 16.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
- 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 20.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
- 21.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) misbuild (d) disbuild
- 22.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) misplace
- 23.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) disusual
- 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
- 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
- 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
- 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
- 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
- 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
- 32.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
- 33.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
- 34.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) recount
- 36.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
- 37.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
- 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
- 39.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
Answer key
- not usual
- preheat
- dis-
- place wrongly
- unwell
- judge wrongly
- view before
- refill
- disloyal
- dishonest
- not well
- build again
- mis-
- open again
- hear wrongly
- not tidy
- not common
- un-
- re-
- disallow
- rebuild
- misplace
- unusual
- not happy
- not lucky
- disrespect
- rejoin
- not equal
- behave wrongly
- count wrongly
- unsafe
- use again
- pay before
- pre-
- miscount
- discontinue
- not respect
- not kind
- visit again
- untidy
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