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 “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
- 2.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
- 3.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) misplay (c) preplay (d) replay
- 4.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 7.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 8.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) disheat
- 9.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
- 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
- 11.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
- 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 13.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) repay
- 14.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
- 15.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
- 16.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
- 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
- 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 19.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
- 20.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
- 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 22.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
- 23.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
- 24.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 26.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
- 27.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) preloyal
- 28.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
- 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 30.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
- 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 32.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
- 33.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
- 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
- 35.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 36.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) precontinue (c) recontinue (d) uncontinue
- 37.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
- 38.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
- 39.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
- 40.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
Answer key
- cook before
- not tidy
- replay
- fill again
- pre-
- dis-
- not clear
- reheat
- unhappy
- paint again
- lead wrongly
- mis-
- prepay
- read wrongly
- not safe
- behave wrongly
- not equal
- not lucky
- rewrite
- miscount
- re-
- not obey
- prejudge
- not common
- heat again
- unclear
- disloyal
- visit again
- judge wrongly
- not loyal
- un-
- unusual
- build again
- unkind
- not happy
- discontinue
- not continue
- reuse
- disrespect
- preheat
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