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 “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 4.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) place before (d) not place
- 5.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) retell
- 6.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
- 7.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
- 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 10.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) uncontinue
- 11.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
- 12.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) misclear
- 13.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
- 14.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay again
- 15.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 16.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
- 17.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
- 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
- 19.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
- 20.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
- 22.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
- 23.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
- 24.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
- 25.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) unspell
- 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
- 27.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
- 29.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 30.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
- 31.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
- 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
- 33.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) misfill
- 34.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect before
- 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
- 36.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) not well
- 37.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) unlead
- 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
- 39.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
- 40.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
Answer key
- un-
- mis-
- dis-
- place wrongly
- retell
- not agree
- unlucky
- not usual
- pre-
- discontinue
- dishonest
- unclear
- not equal
- pay before
- judge wrongly
- not obey
- write again
- not safe
- not allow
- heat again
- untidy
- prejudge
- reheat
- unsafe
- misspell
- unkind
- re-
- open again
- not clear
- fill again
- understand wrongly
- not lucky
- refill
- not respect
- recheck
- not well
- mislead
- visit again
- misuse
- not tidy
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