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 “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) agree before
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 3.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
- 4.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) disspell
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 6.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview
- 7.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue again
- 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 9.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) repay
- 10.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
- 11.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) precount
- 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 14.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
- 15.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write again (d) write before
- 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 17.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
- 18.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
- 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
- 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 21.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
- 22.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
- 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 24.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
- 25.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) prehappy
- 26.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) rehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
- 27.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
- 28.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
- 29.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
- 30.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
- 31.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) dislucky
- 32.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
- 33.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
- 34.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 35.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 36.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
- 37.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
- 38.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
- 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
- 40.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) replace
Answer key
- not agree
- un-
- unequal
- misspell
- dis-
- preview
- not continue
- hear wrongly
- prepay
- pay before
- miscount
- mis-
- pre-
- not obey
- write again
- re-
- not well
- disallow
- unusual
- reheat
- not respect
- check again
- heat before
- not equal
- unhappy
- mishear
- recheck
- behave wrongly
- reuse
- refill
- unlucky
- not clear
- preheat
- not kind
- not happy
- rebuild
- understand wrongly
- count wrongly
- spell wrongly
- misplace
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