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 “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 2.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) replace
- 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 4.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 6.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 8.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) miskind
- 9.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
- 10.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
- 11.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
- 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 13.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
- 14.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
- 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
- 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 18.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
- 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 20.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) unview (c) disview (d) preview
- 21.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
- 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
- 23.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) display (d) unplay
- 24.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
- 25.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) preread (d) misread
- 26.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) misbuild (d) prebuild
- 27.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
- 28.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
- 29.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
- 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
- 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
- 32.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
- 33.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
- 34.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
- 35.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) missafe
- 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) recount (d) uncount
- 38.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow again
- 39.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
- 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
Answer key
- heat again
- misplace
- mis-
- misbehave
- un-
- disobey
- dis-
- unkind
- not safe
- not common
- not continue
- re-
- rewrite
- not obey
- pre-
- recheck
- not lucky
- uncommon
- not usual
- preview
- not equal
- not tidy
- replay
- behave wrongly
- misread
- rebuild
- not loyal
- discontinue
- reheat
- unequal
- unusual
- repaint
- fill again
- read wrongly
- judge before
- unsafe
- miscount
- not allow
- not fair
- not honest
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