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 “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 3.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) prebuild
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 6.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
- 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) common again
- 8.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) unfair
- 9.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
- 10.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
- 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
- 12.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
- 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
- 14.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
- 15.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
- 16.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
- 17.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 18.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) preopen
- 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
- 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell before
- 21.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
- 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) not pay
- 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 24.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) check before
- 25.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
- 26.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
- 27.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 28.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
- 29.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 30.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
- 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) miskind
- 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) well before
- 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
- 34.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) preplace
- 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) uncheck
- 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) untell (d) mistell
- 37.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
- 38.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
- 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
Answer key
- hear wrongly
- dis-
- rebuild
- pre-
- mis-
- play again
- not common
- unfair
- disobey
- visit again
- not equal
- not safe
- not allow
- misspell
- paint again
- misbehave
- tell again
- reopen
- unsafe
- spell wrongly
- rewrite
- pay before
- un-
- check again
- build again
- join again
- not happy
- unequal
- not obey
- misuse
- unkind
- not well
- lead wrongly
- misplace
- recheck
- retell
- reheat
- not fair
- judge wrongly
- not agree
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