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) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 3.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) not check (d) check before
- 4.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 6.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) place before (d) not place
- 7.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 8.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
- 10.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 12.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) misrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
- 13.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) mischeck (d) precheck
- 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 15.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) distell
- 16.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
- 18.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) uncook
- 19.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 20.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview
- 21.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) prefill
- 22.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
- 23.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
- 24.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow again
- 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 26.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 27.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
- 28.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build before
- 29.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
- 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
- 31.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) ununderstand
- 32.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 33.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 34.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) lead again
- 36.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
- 37.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
- 38.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
- 39.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
- 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
Answer key
- visit again
- mis-
- check again
- not obey
- re-
- place wrongly
- behave wrongly
- not kind
- unclear
- judge before
- dis-
- disrespect
- recheck
- pre-
- retell
- not lucky
- not common
- precook
- misuse
- preview
- refill
- reuse
- not honest
- not allow
- un-
- use again
- not safe
- build again
- not equal
- view before
- misunderstand
- misjudge
- heat again
- judge wrongly
- lead wrongly
- discontinue
- spell wrongly
- not loyal
- disobey
- understand wrongly
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