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