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 prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 2.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 4.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) disview (d) preview
- 5.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) dispay (d) repay
- 6.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 8.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 9.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
- 10.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) prewrite
- 11.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) preusual
- 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) prefair
- 13.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
- 14.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
- 15.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) display (d) replay
- 16.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) unread (c) preread (d) misread
- 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) not cook
- 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check before
- 19.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 20.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
- 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 23.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 24.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
- 25.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 27.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) prekind
- 28.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) miswell (d) diswell
- 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
- 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
- 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
- 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) displace
- 36.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) miscontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
- 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 38.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 39.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
- 40.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
Answer key
- re-
- recheck
- dis-
- preview
- prepay
- play again
- un-
- unclear
- open again
- rewrite
- unusual
- unfair
- misunderstand
- unequal
- replay
- misread
- cook before
- check again
- preheat
- dishonest
- mis-
- not lucky
- not happy
- not honest
- heat before
- pre-
- unkind
- not tidy
- unwell
- spell wrongly
- unsafe
- behave wrongly
- revisit
- not common
- misplace
- discontinue
- not kind
- misjudge
- unhappy
- not equal
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