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 “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
- 2.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
- 3.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) not well (d) well again
- 4.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) refair
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 8.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
- 9.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
- 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
- 12.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) reclear
- 13.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
- 14.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
- 15.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) not join
- 16.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
- 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 18.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) review (c) preview (d) unview
- 19.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 20.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
- 21.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 22.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
- 23.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 24.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) display (d) misplay
- 25.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) rehear
- 26.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
- 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 28.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) dislead (d) unlead
- 29.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
- 30.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 32.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
- 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
- 35.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count before (d) count wrongly
- 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) displace
- 37.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 38.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
- 39.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) not place (d) place again
- 40.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
Answer key
- build again
- prepay
- not well
- behave wrongly
- unfair
- dis-
- pre-
- pay before
- not fair
- re-
- not lucky
- unclear
- fill again
- misuse
- join again
- open again
- un-
- preview
- judge wrongly
- tell again
- judge before
- rewrite
- uncommon
- replay
- mishear
- revisit
- use again
- mislead
- reuse
- not tidy
- heat before
- not loyal
- prejudge
- unkind
- count wrongly
- misplace
- preheat
- lead wrongly
- place wrongly
- not equal
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