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 “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 2.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 3.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
- 4.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 5.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
- 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
- 7.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) unallow
- 8.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
- 9.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) retell
- 10.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
- 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
- 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 13.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
- 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
- 15.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
- 16.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 17.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 18.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
- 19.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 21.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
- 22.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) prelead
- 23.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 24.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) reagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
- 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
- 26.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) preview (d) misview
- 27.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) dishear
- 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 29.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
- 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 31.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
- 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
- 33.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
- 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
- 35.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 36.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
- 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
- 38.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) display
- 40.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) preunderstand
Answer key
- pre-
- not clear
- lead wrongly
- not fair
- use wrongly
- disrespect
- disallow
- not honest
- retell
- not obey
- uncommon
- mis-
- misbehave
- count wrongly
- not kind
- unfair
- judge wrongly
- not tidy
- not common
- re-
- cook before
- mislead
- misuse
- disagree
- not lucky
- preview
- mishear
- dis-
- fill again
- unlucky
- rewrite
- join again
- tell again
- discontinue
- judge before
- unhappy
- not happy
- un-
- replay
- misunderstand
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