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 “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
- 2.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
- 3.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 5.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 7.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) misplace
- 8.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand before
- 9.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
- 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 11.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 12.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
- 13.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
- 14.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) misview (c) preview (d) unview
- 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 16.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) disfair
- 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
- 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
- 20.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
- 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common again (d) common before
- 22.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
- 23.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) misplay (d) replay
- 24.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) prebuild (d) unbuild
- 25.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
- 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 27.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
- 28.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) disclear
- 29.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
- 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 31.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
- 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
- 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
- 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 35.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
- 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
- 37.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
- 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) prewell (d) diswell
- 39.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) uncook (d) recook
- 40.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
Answer key
- misjudge
- view before
- check again
- un-
- play again
- dis-
- misplace
- understand wrongly
- untidy
- not fair
- misunderstand
- disloyal
- cook before
- preview
- pre-
- retell
- unfair
- not lucky
- pay before
- not clear
- not common
- not equal
- replay
- rebuild
- judge before
- re-
- rewrite
- unclear
- unsafe
- spell wrongly
- misuse
- behave wrongly
- not safe
- heat again
- repaint
- not happy
- hear wrongly
- unwell
- precook
- mis-
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