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 “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
- 2.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) mispay
- 3.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) replay
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 5.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) disjoin (c) unjoin (d) misjoin
- 6.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 7.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) precount (c) uncount (d) discount
- 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) not play (d) play wrongly
- 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 10.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 11.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 12.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 14.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
- 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
- 16.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
- 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 18.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) not agree
- 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) untell (d) retell
- 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 21.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
- 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
- 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
- 25.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
- 26.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) not write
- 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
- 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 29.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 30.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) disview (d) unview
- 31.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) precook (d) miscook
- 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
- 33.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) preagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
- 34.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) not common (d) common wrongly
- 35.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
- 36.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
- 37.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
- 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
- 39.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
- 40.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
Answer key
- understand wrongly
- prepay
- replay
- un-
- rejoin
- reheat
- miscount
- play again
- mis-
- pay before
- heat before
- heat again
- pre-
- not happy
- untidy
- unequal
- dis-
- not agree
- retell
- re-
- fill again
- not usual
- tell again
- build again
- spell wrongly
- write again
- uncommon
- not equal
- view before
- preview
- precook
- not honest
- disagree
- not common
- paint again
- not loyal
- refill
- not clear
- hear wrongly
- disobey
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