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 again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
- 2.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 3.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
- 4.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) not cook
- 5.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
- 6.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 8.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
- 9.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
- 10.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) prelead
- 11.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) unrespect
- 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
- 13.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) preopen (c) misopen (d) unopen
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 15.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place before (c) place again (d) not place
- 16.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) rekind
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 19.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) miscontinue
- 20.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) replace (d) misplace
- 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common before
- 22.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
- 23.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
- 24.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
- 26.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) prebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
- 27.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 28.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
- 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 30.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
- 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) discount
- 32.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 33.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
- 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
- 35.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check before (d) check wrongly
- 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) pretell
- 37.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
- 38.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) not agree
- 39.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
- 40.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
Answer key
- build again
- misjudge
- judge before
- cook before
- revisit
- not clear
- pre-
- untidy
- pay before
- mislead
- disrespect
- uncommon
- reopen
- dis-
- place wrongly
- unkind
- re-
- mis-
- discontinue
- misplace
- not common
- view before
- not loyal
- reheat
- not obey
- misbehave
- judge wrongly
- lead wrongly
- un-
- preheat
- miscount
- heat before
- not equal
- not well
- check again
- retell
- hear wrongly
- not agree
- not usual
- unusual
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