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 “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 2.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
- 5.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) disjoin (c) misjoin (d) rejoin
- 6.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
- 7.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 8.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
- 9.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) misview (c) unview (d) preview
- 10.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) prefair
- 11.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
- 12.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) discook (d) precook
- 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
- 15.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
- 16.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 18.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) not view
- 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
- 20.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
- 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 22.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 23.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
- 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
- 25.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
- 26.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
- 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 28.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 29.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
- 30.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
- 31.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
- 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
- 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
- 35.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
- 36.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
- 37.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 38.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
- 39.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
- 40.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
Answer key
- count wrongly
- hear wrongly
- misuse
- unlucky
- rejoin
- not kind
- reheat
- not fair
- preview
- unfair
- disobey
- precook
- mis-
- tell again
- not allow
- not tidy
- re-
- view before
- unsafe
- read wrongly
- dis-
- not clear
- unusual
- preheat
- pay before
- open again
- heat again
- pre-
- check again
- not loyal
- use wrongly
- not lucky
- reopen
- not common
- play again
- not usual
- un-
- unhappy
- revisit
- not happy
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