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 “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 2.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
- 3.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
- 4.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 7.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) equal again
- 8.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
- 10.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) reclear
- 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
- 16.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
- 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 18.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
- 19.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) not check (d) check before
- 20.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) preview (d) unview
- 21.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) unspell (d) misspell
- 22.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
- 23.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
- 24.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
- 25.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
- 26.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
- 27.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 28.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) disfill (d) refill
- 29.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) preplace
- 30.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
- 31.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
- 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 33.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
- 34.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
- 35.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
- 36.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair
- 37.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
- 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 39.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
- 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
Answer key
- pre-
- misuse
- build again
- paint again
- mis-
- judge before
- not equal
- heat before
- not honest
- unclear
- re-
- not tidy
- disobey
- un-
- untidy
- unhappy
- dis-
- pay before
- check again
- preview
- misspell
- not agree
- disallow
- recheck
- unlucky
- not common
- misjudge
- refill
- misplace
- place wrongly
- not happy
- behave wrongly
- repaint
- unusual
- not usual
- not fair
- use again
- not clear
- read wrongly
- rejoin
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