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) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 2.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
- 3.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 5.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
- 6.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
- 7.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) preobey
- 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
- 9.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 10.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) safe again
- 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
- 12.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
- 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) misfair
- 14.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) unhappy
- 15.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 17.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) miskind (d) rekind
- 18.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
- 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 20.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 21.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
- 22.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) mispaint (d) unpaint
- 23.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
- 24.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
- 25.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 26.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 28.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
- 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
- 30.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
- 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
- 32.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
- 33.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) misclear
- 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 35.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 36.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write again (d) write wrongly
- 38.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell before
- 40.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) rewell
Answer key
- re-
- unequal
- not agree
- pre-
- not continue
- use wrongly
- disobey
- hear wrongly
- judge wrongly
- not safe
- read wrongly
- not honest
- unfair
- unhappy
- uncommon
- un-
- unkind
- view before
- pay before
- heat again
- prejudge
- repaint
- precook
- join again
- judge before
- count wrongly
- mis-
- untidy
- not happy
- build again
- not tidy
- prepay
- unclear
- dis-
- open again
- not lucky
- write again
- reheat
- spell wrongly
- unwell
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