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) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 2.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
- 3.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
- 4.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) misfill (d) refill
- 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 6.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
- 7.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand before
- 8.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
- 9.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
- 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
- 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
- 12.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) review (c) unview (d) preview
- 13.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) join again
- 14.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
- 15.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 17.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
- 18.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
- 19.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
- 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 21.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
- 22.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
- 23.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) reloyal
- 24.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) not view
- 25.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
- 26.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
- 27.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
- 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 30.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
- 31.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly
- 32.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
- 33.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) mistidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
- 34.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
- 36.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 37.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
- 38.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 39.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) preplace (d) misplace
- 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
Answer key
- re-
- not clear
- count wrongly
- refill
- visit again
- dishonest
- understand wrongly
- write again
- unsafe
- paint again
- uncommon
- preview
- join again
- not agree
- preheat
- un-
- rewrite
- unusual
- disobey
- not lucky
- not obey
- not kind
- disloyal
- view before
- pay before
- not happy
- not fair
- prejudge
- behave wrongly
- not tidy
- check again
- not loyal
- untidy
- not equal
- lead wrongly
- pre-
- not safe
- dis-
- misplace
- not honest
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