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 “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
- 2.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
- 3.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) unfair
- 4.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
- 5.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) dispay
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 8.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) preplace (d) misplace
- 9.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) miswell
- 11.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play before (d) play wrongly
- 12.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
- 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 14.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) disview (d) preview
- 15.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 16.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 18.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 20.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
- 21.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) allow again
- 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) misfill
- 23.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair before
- 24.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
- 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
- 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 27.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
- 28.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
- 29.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
- 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 31.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
- 32.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) mishonest
- 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) miscontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
- 35.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
- 36.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
- 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
- 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
- 39.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 40.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) mistell
Answer key
- spell wrongly
- understand wrongly
- unfair
- unsafe
- prepay
- re-
- dis-
- misplace
- judge before
- unwell
- play again
- not agree
- pre-
- preview
- misjudge
- fill again
- mis-
- untidy
- un-
- revisit
- not allow
- refill
- not fair
- unclear
- paint again
- use wrongly
- behave wrongly
- rebuild
- view before
- not kind
- check again
- preheat
- dishonest
- discontinue
- judge wrongly
- join again
- unkind
- reuse
- not lucky
- retell
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