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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 3.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
- 4.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 6.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) preplace
- 10.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
- 11.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) mishear
- 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
- 13.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount
- 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
- 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
- 16.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) miskind (d) diskind
- 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
- 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 20.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
- 21.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue again
- 22.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
- 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
- 25.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
- 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
- 27.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
- 28.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
- 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) precook (d) recook
- 31.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
- 32.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 33.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
- 34.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) distell (d) pretell
- 35.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
- 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) disspell
- 37.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
- 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) disusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
- 39.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
- 40.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
Answer key
- dis-
- un-
- write again
- unhappy
- pre-
- heat before
- judge before
- mis-
- misplace
- reuse
- mishear
- not fair
- miscount
- unsafe
- repaint
- unkind
- unequal
- understand wrongly
- re-
- visit again
- not continue
- spell wrongly
- not tidy
- build again
- prejudge
- disobey
- not usual
- unlucky
- not happy
- precook
- not equal
- not kind
- count wrongly
- retell
- tell again
- misspell
- rejoin
- unusual
- check again
- reheat
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