Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 640 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
2. 2.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) retell (d) untell
3. 3.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
4. 4.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
7. 7.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) unview (d) review
8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
9. 9.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect again
10. 10.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
11. 11.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) unpay
12. 12.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
13. 13.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
14. 14.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
15. 15.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
16. 16.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) missafe
17. 17.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
18. 18.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
19. 19.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
22. 22.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
23. 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
24. 24.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
25. 25.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
26. 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
27. 27.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
28. 28.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well again
29. 29.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
30. 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
31. 31.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
32. 32.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
33. 33.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
34. 34.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) repaint (c) mispaint (d) dispaint
35. 35.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
36. 36.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
37. 37.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
38. 38.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
40. 40.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) reobey

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