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 “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
- 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
- 3.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair
- 4.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) rehear (d) unhear
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
- 7.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
- 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 11.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
- 12.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
- 13.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
- 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
- 15.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
- 17.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly
- 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 19.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
- 20.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) replace
- 21.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) not fill (d) fill before
- 22.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
- 25.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
- 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
- 27.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
- 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
- 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) disfair
- 30.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
- 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
- 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
- 35.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
- 36.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
- 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 38.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
- 39.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
Answer key
- not loyal
- not usual
- not fair
- mishear
- un-
- unequal
- unlucky
- unusual
- dis-
- mis-
- repaint
- misjudge
- unclear
- play again
- reheat
- not happy
- count wrongly
- pre-
- untidy
- misplace
- fill again
- judge before
- re-
- not obey
- misbehave
- not equal
- not agree
- not lucky
- unfair
- heat before
- tell again
- disobey
- dishonest
- open again
- unhappy
- misunderstand
- not kind
- disloyal
- use wrongly
- cook before
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