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) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 2.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
- 3.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) prehonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
- 4.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) misagree
- 5.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
- 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
- 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 8.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 9.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
- 10.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 12.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 15.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) diswell
- 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
- 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
- 18.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
- 19.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play again
- 20.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) unjoin
- 21.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
- 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 23.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) unfill
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 25.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) preuse
- 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place again
- 27.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
- 28.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
- 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
- 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 31.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
- 33.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) recount (c) precount (d) uncount
- 34.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) unplace
- 35.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) previsit
- 36.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
- 37.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
- 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
- 39.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
- 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
Answer key
- spell wrongly
- write again
- dishonest
- disagree
- count wrongly
- not fair
- re-
- fill again
- not clear
- repaint
- un-
- unclear
- not tidy
- pre-
- unwell
- unlucky
- not common
- preheat
- play again
- rejoin
- not kind
- mis-
- refill
- dis-
- reuse
- place wrongly
- reopen
- uncommon
- not happy
- reheat
- not honest
- untidy
- miscount
- misplace
- revisit
- not well
- tell again
- behave wrongly
- pay before
- not agree
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