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 prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
- 3.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) not play
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 5.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
- 6.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
- 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 8.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 9.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 11.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
- 12.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 14.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
- 15.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
- 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
- 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) misfill (d) refill
- 20.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) unjoin (d) misjoin
- 21.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) mistell
- 22.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) reread (c) unread (d) preread
- 23.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand again
- 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
- 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
- 26.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 27.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 29.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
- 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
- 31.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
- 33.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) miskind
- 35.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
- 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
- 37.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) disfair
- 38.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) unallow
- 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
- 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) unspell (d) misspell
Answer key
- pre-
- not kind
- play again
- dis-
- unsafe
- disobey
- re-
- not tidy
- not agree
- mis-
- visit again
- count wrongly
- un-
- behave wrongly
- misuse
- not safe
- not lucky
- disloyal
- refill
- rejoin
- retell
- misread
- understand wrongly
- unhappy
- place wrongly
- use wrongly
- misunderstand
- not fair
- reopen
- not clear
- heat again
- not honest
- check again
- unkind
- not equal
- not continue
- unfair
- disallow
- open again
- misspell
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