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 word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
- 2.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) preview (c) misview (d) unview
- 3.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 5.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 6.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
- 7.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) repay
- 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 9.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) preallow
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 11.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
- 12.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) prelead (c) mislead (d) relead
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 14.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) not agree
- 15.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe before
- 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
- 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 19.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 20.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) disusual
- 21.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
- 22.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 23.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) unvisit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
- 24.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
- 25.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) misjoin
- 26.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
- 27.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
- 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 29.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
- 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
- 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
- 32.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) precount (c) uncount (d) miscount
- 33.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) unbuild
- 34.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
- 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) retell
- 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
- 37.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
- 38.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) unplace
- 39.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) recook
- 40.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
Answer key
- reuse
- preview
- use wrongly
- dis-
- judge wrongly
- preheat
- prepay
- re-
- disallow
- mis-
- build again
- mislead
- un-
- not agree
- not clear
- not safe
- not equal
- pre-
- count wrongly
- unusual
- lead wrongly
- unfair
- revisit
- join again
- rejoin
- untidy
- reopen
- not lucky
- prejudge
- not respect
- not well
- miscount
- rebuild
- uncommon
- retell
- reheat
- view before
- misplace
- precook
- heat before
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