Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 741 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
3. 3.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
4. 4.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
5. 5.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
6. 6.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
7. 7.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before
8. 8.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
9. 9.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build
10. 10.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
11. 11.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) distell (d) mistell
12. 12.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
13. 13.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) misread (c) unread (d) preread
14. 14.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) place before
15. 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
16. 16.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) not paint
17. 17.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
19. 19.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
20. 20.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
21. 21.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
22. 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
23. 23.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
24. 24.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
25. 25.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) not read (d) read wrongly
26. 26.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) preview (c) misview (d) unview
27. 27.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
28. 28.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) rehear (d) prehear
29. 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
30. 30.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) unvisit
31. 31.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) prejoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
32. 32.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
33. 33.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay before
34. 34.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
35. 35.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
36. 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) prekind
37. 37.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
38. 38.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) unfill
39. 39.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) preequal
40. 40.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) not open

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