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 “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 3.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 5.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) dispay
- 6.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
- 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 9.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
- 10.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 12.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 13.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) unjoin
- 14.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) unread (d) disread
- 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) uncheck
- 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 17.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
- 18.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) not view (d) view wrongly
- 19.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 20.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 21.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
- 22.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 23.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) misopen
- 24.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
- 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
- 26.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
- 27.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 28.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
- 29.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair again
- 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
- 31.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) prelead
- 32.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
- 33.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 34.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) disfill
- 35.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) not check
- 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
- 37.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
- 38.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) prekind
- 39.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) prewell
- 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
Answer key
- judge before
- dis-
- not obey
- pre-
- prepay
- revisit
- not common
- re-
- paint again
- unlucky
- un-
- use again
- rejoin
- misread
- recheck
- mis-
- not clear
- view before
- heat before
- count wrongly
- unclear
- reheat
- reopen
- unfair
- join again
- discontinue
- place wrongly
- not honest
- not fair
- cook before
- mislead
- not continue
- misunderstand
- refill
- check again
- not kind
- precook
- unkind
- unwell
- unhappy
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