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 “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) join before (d) not join
- 2.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 7.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
- 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
- 9.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
- 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 11.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
- 12.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
- 13.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) disbuild (d) unbuild
- 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
- 15.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
- 16.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 17.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 18.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
- 19.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 20.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 22.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
- 23.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
- 24.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) misplay
- 25.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
- 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 27.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
- 28.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) misfair
- 29.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
- 30.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 31.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread
- 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
- 33.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 34.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) replace
- 35.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
- 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
- 37.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
- 38.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
- 39.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
- 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
Answer key
- join again
- place wrongly
- dis-
- spell wrongly
- un-
- misjudge
- disrespect
- disallow
- not clear
- re-
- unsafe
- not continue
- rebuild
- repaint
- disobey
- judge wrongly
- heat before
- retell
- preheat
- tell again
- mis-
- use wrongly
- reopen
- replay
- unequal
- pre-
- unclear
- unfair
- not obey
- not tidy
- misread
- not lucky
- judge before
- misplace
- not allow
- unkind
- not safe
- reheat
- recheck
- behave wrongly
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