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 “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead before
- 2.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
- 3.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 4.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear before
- 5.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
- 6.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open again (d) open wrongly
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 9.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) unplay (d) replay
- 10.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
- 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
- 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 13.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
- 14.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) untell
- 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
- 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
- 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 18.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) unagree (d) misagree
- 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
- 20.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 21.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) recook
- 22.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) not view
- 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 24.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 26.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
- 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) previsit
- 29.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) disview (d) misview
- 30.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
- 31.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 32.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
- 33.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
- 34.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 35.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
- 36.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
- 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write again (d) write before
- 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
- 39.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
- 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
Answer key
- lead wrongly
- cook before
- preheat
- hear wrongly
- not obey
- open again
- un-
- mis-
- replay
- not continue
- place wrongly
- dis-
- count wrongly
- retell
- not tidy
- recheck
- judge before
- disagree
- not happy
- heat before
- precook
- view before
- re-
- paint again
- pre-
- rewrite
- heat again
- revisit
- preview
- reuse
- prejudge
- tell again
- disallow
- reheat
- not common
- dishonest
- write again
- not clear
- pay before
- unhappy
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