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) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 3.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 6.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 7.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 8.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
- 9.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit before
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 12.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
- 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
- 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 15.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
- 16.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) recount
- 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
- 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
- 19.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
- 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 21.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) dislead (d) mislead
- 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 23.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
- 24.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) disfair
- 25.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 26.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
- 27.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
- 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) disvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
- 29.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 30.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
- 31.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
- 32.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
- 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
- 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
- 35.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
- 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) not open
- 37.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
- 38.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
- 39.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
- 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) rekind
Answer key
- heat again
- re-
- reheat
- un-
- mis-
- place wrongly
- use wrongly
- read wrongly
- visit again
- dis-
- pre-
- play again
- disobey
- heat before
- not honest
- miscount
- cook before
- not common
- not safe
- misjudge
- mislead
- retell
- discontinue
- unfair
- not allow
- precook
- write again
- revisit
- preheat
- fill again
- unequal
- unclear
- lead wrongly
- misuse
- untidy
- open again
- not respect
- disloyal
- check again
- unkind
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