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.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 4.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 5.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
- 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
- 7.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
- 8.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) respell (d) misspell
- 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
- 10.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
- 13.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 14.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) miswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
- 15.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
- 16.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 17.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) prehear
- 18.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) recook
- 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
- 21.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) reread (d) misread
- 22.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) read before
- 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree before
- 24.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
- 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 26.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
- 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) unlead
- 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
- 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
- 32.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
- 33.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 34.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
- 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
- 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
- 37.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
- 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
- 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
Answer key
- re-
- uncommon
- pre-
- misjudge
- disobey
- unusual
- repaint
- misspell
- disrespect
- discontinue
- un-
- not fair
- judge before
- rewrite
- visit again
- spell wrongly
- mishear
- unlucky
- precook
- misbehave
- misread
- read wrongly
- not agree
- open again
- not obey
- not lucky
- mislead
- write again
- not tidy
- dis-
- not respect
- misuse
- reheat
- not happy
- preheat
- misplace
- pay before
- unwell
- heat before
- unhappy
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