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 “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) not agree
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) distell (c) untell (d) mistell
- 4.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
- 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
- 7.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
- 8.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect again
- 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 10.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) disbuild
- 11.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
- 12.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
- 13.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 14.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
- 15.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) prepay
- 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 18.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
- 20.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) rewell
- 21.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
- 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 23.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
- 27.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
- 28.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) open again
- 29.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 30.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
- 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
- 32.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
- 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
- 34.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 35.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
- 36.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
- 37.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
- 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) display (c) preplay (d) replay
- 40.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
Answer key
- not agree
- mis-
- retell
- not allow
- visit again
- disloyal
- unhappy
- not respect
- heat again
- rebuild
- hear wrongly
- not obey
- not kind
- disobey
- prepay
- recheck
- re-
- judge wrongly
- uncommon
- unwell
- unkind
- dis-
- misbehave
- un-
- pre-
- dishonest
- reuse
- open again
- heat before
- revisit
- not tidy
- not continue
- not safe
- place wrongly
- untidy
- pay before
- repaint
- not clear
- replay
- not lucky
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