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 “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
- 3.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 4.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
- 5.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
- 6.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 7.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
- 8.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
- 9.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 11.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) misview (c) preview (d) disview
- 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 13.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
- 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 15.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
- 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
- 17.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
- 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
- 19.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
- 20.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 21.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 22.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write again
- 23.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
- 24.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 25.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
- 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) dispay
- 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
- 28.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead before
- 29.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
- 30.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
- 31.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 33.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play before (d) play wrongly
- 34.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 35.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 36.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) mispaint
- 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
- 38.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
- 39.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
- 40.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
Answer key
- behave wrongly
- not tidy
- not happy
- disobey
- unhappy
- heat before
- join again
- not clear
- pay before
- un-
- preview
- re-
- unwell
- pre-
- not fair
- unclear
- disagree
- not loyal
- revisit
- not usual
- preheat
- write again
- misbehave
- mis-
- not honest
- prepay
- use again
- lead wrongly
- not equal
- read wrongly
- heat again
- dis-
- play again
- count wrongly
- spell wrongly
- repaint
- untidy
- mislead
- view before
- reopen
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