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) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 2.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
- 3.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
- 4.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 5.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) discook (d) precook
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 7.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
- 8.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 9.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
- 10.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) unfill
- 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 12.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 14.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) precount (c) miscount (d) recount
- 15.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) agree again
- 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
- 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
- 18.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
- 19.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
- 20.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) not clear
- 21.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 22.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) disclear
- 23.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
- 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 25.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
- 26.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
- 27.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) untell
- 28.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
- 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
- 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 31.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
- 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
- 33.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) read before (d) not read
- 34.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 35.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) misview (d) preview
- 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) not open (d) open before
- 37.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) displace
- 38.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) not view
- 39.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
- 40.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
Answer key
- re-
- not loyal
- untidy
- reheat
- precook
- un-
- misspell
- not tidy
- tell again
- refill
- mis-
- check again
- dis-
- miscount
- not agree
- recheck
- place wrongly
- disagree
- join again
- not clear
- misjudge
- unclear
- not allow
- pre-
- unsafe
- cook before
- retell
- rebuild
- not happy
- spell wrongly
- not fair
- not well
- read wrongly
- reuse
- preview
- open again
- misplace
- view before
- pay before
- unequal
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