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 word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) reunderstand
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) distell (d) pretell
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
- 6.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check before (d) check wrongly
- 7.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) dishear
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 9.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck
- 10.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
- 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
- 12.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) preopen
- 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) prefair
- 14.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
- 15.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
- 16.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) misplace
- 17.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) precook
- 18.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) repay
- 19.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
- 20.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) disread (d) misread
- 21.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
- 22.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) disview (d) review
- 23.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
- 24.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
- 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
- 26.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 27.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
- 28.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
- 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
- 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
- 31.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
- 32.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 33.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) not view
- 34.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) reclear
- 35.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) not open
- 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
- 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
- 38.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
- 39.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
- 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
Answer key
- misunderstand
- pre-
- retell
- dis-
- preheat
- check again
- mishear
- un-
- recheck
- not well
- spell wrongly
- reopen
- unfair
- join again
- not fair
- misplace
- precook
- prepay
- understand wrongly
- misread
- not agree
- preview
- not happy
- not clear
- use wrongly
- re-
- dishonest
- prejudge
- not tidy
- not kind
- visit again
- play again
- view before
- unclear
- open again
- uncommon
- misuse
- revisit
- count wrongly
- untidy
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