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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
- 2.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) misagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
- 3.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
- 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 6.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 7.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) preloyal (d) unloyal
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 9.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 10.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) precount (c) discount (d) miscount
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 12.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) misfill
- 13.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 14.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
- 15.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
- 16.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) rewrite
- 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
- 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 20.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
- 21.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) prebuild
- 22.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) not build
- 23.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 24.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
- 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
- 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
- 27.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) untell
- 28.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
- 29.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) prehonest
- 30.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) misopen
- 31.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) prewell
- 32.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) preclear
- 33.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) disfair (c) misfair (d) refair
- 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 35.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
- 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
- 38.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) relead (d) unlead
- 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) display (d) replay
- 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) clear before
Answer key
- not happy
- disagree
- unlucky
- re-
- pre-
- prejudge
- disloyal
- mis-
- not fair
- miscount
- un-
- refill
- hear wrongly
- disobey
- cook before
- rewrite
- not equal
- dis-
- not tidy
- untidy
- rebuild
- build again
- not usual
- preheat
- play again
- use wrongly
- retell
- pay before
- dishonest
- reopen
- unwell
- unclear
- unfair
- fill again
- visit again
- reheat
- write again
- mislead
- replay
- not clear
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