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 “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
- 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
- 4.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 5.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 6.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
- 7.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
- 8.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
- 9.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 10.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
- 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 12.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
- 13.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 14.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) unlead (d) prelead
- 15.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 16.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
- 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) prebehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
- 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
- 23.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
- 24.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) miskind
- 25.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
- 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
- 27.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
- 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 29.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
- 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) dislucky
- 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
- 32.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) unwrite
- 33.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
- 34.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) misread (d) reread
- 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) retell (d) untell
- 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
- 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
- 38.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) disview (d) misview
- 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
- 40.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
Answer key
- pre-
- disallow
- not honest
- not happy
- heat before
- spell wrongly
- untidy
- not loyal
- misjudge
- unhappy
- re-
- disagree
- judge before
- mislead
- open again
- revisit
- dis-
- not lucky
- un-
- misbehave
- mis-
- not well
- lead wrongly
- unkind
- not respect
- repaint
- build again
- not usual
- cook before
- unlucky
- not tidy
- rewrite
- use wrongly
- misread
- retell
- disobey
- read wrongly
- preview
- unusual
- not fair
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