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 “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) not spell
- 2.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
- 3.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) prespell (c) respell (d) disspell
- 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 8.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
- 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
- 12.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
- 13.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) miscommon (c) uncommon (d) precommon
- 14.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) unloyal
- 15.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
- 16.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 18.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
- 19.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) unrespect
- 20.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) retell
- 21.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
- 22.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) unpay
- 23.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 24.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write before (d) write wrongly
- 25.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
- 26.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) preplay (c) display (d) unplay
- 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
- 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
- 29.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) prefill
- 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
- 31.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) preagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
- 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) precook (d) miscook
- 33.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
- 34.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
- 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
- 36.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 37.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
- 38.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
- 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
- 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
Answer key
- spell wrongly
- hear wrongly
- misspell
- unlucky
- dis-
- recheck
- pre-
- judge wrongly
- un-
- paint again
- place wrongly
- disobey
- uncommon
- disloyal
- mishear
- disallow
- re-
- untidy
- disrespect
- retell
- not obey
- prepay
- not lucky
- write again
- not agree
- replay
- judge before
- not equal
- refill
- not respect
- disagree
- precook
- rebuild
- unusual
- miscount
- mis-
- pay before
- not well
- tell again
- behave wrongly
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