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 “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 2.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
- 3.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) discook
- 4.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
- 5.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 6.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
- 7.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) displace
- 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) place before (d) not place
- 12.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
- 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 14.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 15.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
- 16.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
- 17.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
- 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
- 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) prelead
- 20.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
- 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
- 22.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
- 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 24.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
- 25.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
- 26.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
- 27.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 29.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
- 30.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
- 31.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 32.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) preopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
- 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
- 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
- 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
- 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
- 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
- 39.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
- 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
Answer key
- not allow
- recheck
- precook
- not honest
- not obey
- not equal
- misplace
- pre-
- disrespect
- un-
- place wrongly
- prepay
- re-
- not kind
- unusual
- mishear
- spell wrongly
- read wrongly
- mislead
- discontinue
- write again
- fill again
- use wrongly
- unequal
- use again
- not fair
- judge before
- dis-
- not safe
- disloyal
- mis-
- reopen
- not lucky
- not well
- not clear
- reheat
- unsafe
- not usual
- not agree
- judge wrongly
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