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.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check again (d) check wrongly
- 2.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) misread (d) preread
- 3.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
- 4.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal again
- 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 6.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 7.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
- 8.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) preagree
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 10.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
- 11.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 12.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
- 13.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
- 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) not build
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 16.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
- 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
- 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
- 19.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
- 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 22.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
- 24.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) diskind
- 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
- 26.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
- 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
- 28.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
- 29.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
- 31.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
- 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 33.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
- 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) mistell (d) retell
- 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
- 37.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
- 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) prespell
Answer key
- check again
- misread
- not loyal
- not equal
- preheat
- misjudge
- disloyal
- disagree
- dis-
- unusual
- not common
- tell again
- paint again
- build again
- un-
- unequal
- place wrongly
- not usual
- reopen
- mis-
- pre-
- re-
- not tidy
- unkind
- not agree
- hear wrongly
- use again
- untidy
- pay before
- not clear
- not fair
- misunderstand
- judge wrongly
- open again
- retell
- fill again
- not obey
- heat again
- unsafe
- misspell
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