← Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis lesson New set →

Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 793 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  4. 4.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  7. 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  8. 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
  9. 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) preplace
  10. 10.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  12. 12.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  14. 14.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) relead
  15. 15.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  16. 16.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  17. 17.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  18. 18.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) unhear
  19. 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) reclear
  20. 20.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) discook (d) recook
  21. 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) previsit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
  22. 22.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
  23. 23.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  24. 24.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  25. 25.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) disequal
  26. 26.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  27. 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  28. 28.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) reagree
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  30. 30.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
  31. 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  32. 32.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
  33. 33.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  34. 34.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  35. 35.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  37. 37.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  38. 38.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) not obey
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
  40. 40.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) unuse

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. un-
  3. reheat
  4. tell again
  5. mis-
  6. fill again
  7. not happy
  8. hear wrongly
  9. misplace
  10. repaint
  11. dis-
  12. write again
  13. re-
  14. mislead
  15. disobey
  16. refill
  17. cook before
  18. mishear
  19. unclear
  20. precook
  21. revisit
  22. behave wrongly
  23. join again
  24. uncommon
  25. unequal
  26. judge wrongly
  27. heat again
  28. disagree
  29. unfair
  30. reopen
  31. open again
  32. visit again
  33. use wrongly
  34. view before
  35. not loyal
  36. unusual
  37. not usual
  38. not obey
  39. unsafe
  40. misuse

Free vocabulary lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/vocabulary-builder