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 “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) not visit
- 2.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
- 3.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 4.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) preplace
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 6.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
- 7.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 8.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
- 9.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place again (d) place wrongly
- 10.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
- 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 12.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
- 13.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) mispay
- 14.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
- 15.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
- 17.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 18.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
- 19.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 20.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
- 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
- 22.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) misequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
- 23.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 24.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
- 25.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
- 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 27.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
- 28.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
- 29.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) preopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
- 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 31.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
- 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
- 34.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 35.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count before (d) count wrongly
- 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
- 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
- 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
- 40.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
Answer key
- visit again
- disrespect
- check again
- misplace
- dis-
- cook before
- heat again
- lead wrongly
- place wrongly
- repaint
- spell wrongly
- paint again
- prepay
- misuse
- preheat
- unclear
- judge wrongly
- recheck
- pre-
- unhappy
- untidy
- unequal
- reuse
- dishonest
- rebuild
- re-
- not usual
- unkind
- reopen
- un-
- write again
- not common
- understand wrongly
- mis-
- count wrongly
- join again
- not equal
- not clear
- unsafe
- pay before
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