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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
- 2.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
- 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
- 4.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) untell (d) retell
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 10.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
- 11.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) preagree
- 12.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
- 13.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) unspell
- 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 15.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) preloyal (d) reloyal
- 16.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) prerespect
- 17.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 18.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) preequal
- 19.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
- 20.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) not agree
- 21.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
- 22.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
- 23.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
- 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well before
- 25.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
- 26.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
- 27.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 28.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
- 29.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
- 30.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) reread (c) misread (d) unread
- 31.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
- 32.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
- 34.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear again
- 35.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) miscontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
- 36.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) unview (d) disview
- 37.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
- 38.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) refair (d) unfair
- 39.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
- 40.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
Answer key
- not happy
- not respect
- misuse
- retell
- un-
- dis-
- pre-
- mis-
- re-
- unhappy
- disagree
- rejoin
- misspell
- heat before
- disloyal
- disrespect
- judge wrongly
- unequal
- not honest
- not agree
- not loyal
- fill again
- lead wrongly
- not well
- preheat
- open again
- re-
- not clear
- prepay
- misread
- dishonest
- judge before
- understand wrongly
- hear wrongly
- discontinue
- preview
- visit again
- unfair
- place wrongly
- reheat
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