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 “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 2.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
- 3.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
- 4.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) misplace
- 7.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 9.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
- 10.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
- 11.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 12.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) disclear
- 13.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) disbehave
- 14.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
- 15.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) preagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
- 16.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) refair
- 17.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
- 18.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) not open
- 19.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
- 20.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
- 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
- 22.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
- 23.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
- 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) mislead
- 26.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
- 27.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
- 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
- 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 31.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) prehonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
- 32.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) display
- 33.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) preread (d) misread
- 34.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) not view (d) view wrongly
- 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
- 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) respell
- 37.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
- 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
- 39.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
Answer key
- not tidy
- not lucky
- build again
- not allow
- mis-
- misplace
- spell wrongly
- dis-
- unkind
- judge before
- check again
- unclear
- misbehave
- rewrite
- disagree
- unfair
- reuse
- open again
- visit again
- write again
- not well
- prepay
- misjudge
- pre-
- mislead
- read wrongly
- unequal
- not fair
- re-
- un-
- dishonest
- replay
- misread
- view before
- lead wrongly
- misspell
- unhappy
- not usual
- not equal
- cook before
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