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.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
- 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) recommon
- 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 4.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
- 5.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
- 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) misusual
- 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 10.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 11.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) prehear
- 12.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
- 13.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
- 14.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) recheck
- 15.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) preplace
- 16.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
- 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
- 19.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 20.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
- 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) discount
- 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
- 23.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
- 24.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear before
- 25.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
- 26.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit
- 27.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) disview (c) misview (d) review
- 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
- 29.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 30.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 31.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 32.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
- 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) not well
- 35.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
- 36.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
- 37.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
- 38.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) prekind
- 40.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
Answer key
- untidy
- uncommon
- pre-
- not loyal
- misuse
- unusual
- judge before
- play again
- un-
- misunderstand
- mishear
- preheat
- not fair
- recheck
- misplace
- unclear
- dis-
- not lucky
- heat before
- misspell
- miscount
- not tidy
- read wrongly
- not clear
- reheat
- revisit
- preview
- rewrite
- use wrongly
- mis-
- count wrongly
- not happy
- reopen
- not well
- build again
- not agree
- unequal
- re-
- unkind
- mislead
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