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 prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 3.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 5.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 7.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
- 8.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
- 9.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 11.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
- 12.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) not play (d) play wrongly
- 13.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
- 14.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
- 15.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
- 16.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
- 17.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
- 18.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) recount (d) uncount
- 19.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
- 20.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) unlead (d) relead
- 21.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
- 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
- 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
- 24.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) disequal
- 25.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 26.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) discook
- 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 28.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
- 29.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
- 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
- 31.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
- 32.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) preloyal (d) unloyal
- 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
- 34.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) disfair (c) misfair (d) prefair
- 35.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) misplay (c) display (d) replay
- 36.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
- 37.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
- 38.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) disspell
- 39.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
- 40.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
Answer key
- pre-
- dis-
- visit again
- un-
- not lucky
- re-
- misbehave
- paint again
- not happy
- mis-
- not continue
- play again
- not kind
- dishonest
- use wrongly
- cook before
- preheat
- miscount
- not equal
- mislead
- unlucky
- disobey
- not obey
- unequal
- heat before
- precook
- heat again
- prepay
- tell again
- view before
- untidy
- disloyal
- unsafe
- unfair
- replay
- prejudge
- disallow
- misspell
- build again
- reheat
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