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.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 3.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) misview (c) review (d) unview
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 5.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
- 6.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 7.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
- 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 9.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 12.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
- 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
- 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 16.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
- 17.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
- 18.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
- 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay before
- 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
- 21.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
- 22.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) mishonest (d) dishonest
- 23.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
- 24.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 25.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
- 26.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) prewell
- 27.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand before
- 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
- 29.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
- 30.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 31.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) rebuild (c) disbuild (d) prebuild
- 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
- 33.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
- 35.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) misfair
- 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) unspell (d) prespell
- 37.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
- 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) not open (d) open before
- 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
- 40.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) discount
Answer key
- untidy
- un-
- preview
- mis-
- uncommon
- behave wrongly
- replay
- hear wrongly
- misunderstand
- dis-
- pre-
- rejoin
- unsafe
- play again
- re-
- reuse
- unkind
- not obey
- pay before
- reheat
- refill
- dishonest
- disrespect
- heat again
- unequal
- unwell
- understand wrongly
- not common
- not clear
- heat before
- rebuild
- discontinue
- judge before
- join again
- unfair
- misspell
- prepay
- open again
- tell again
- miscount
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