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 “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
- 2.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
- 3.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
- 4.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
- 5.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
- 6.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) preview (c) unview (d) disview
- 7.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) not allow
- 8.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) prerespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
- 9.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
- 10.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
- 11.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
- 12.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
- 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 14.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
- 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
- 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 17.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
- 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) retell
- 20.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 21.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
- 22.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
- 23.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
- 24.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) precontinue (d) miscontinue
- 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
- 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
- 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) previsit
- 29.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
- 30.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) disfill
- 31.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
- 32.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 33.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell again
- 35.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) prehear
- 36.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 37.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
- 38.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
- 39.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 40.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
Answer key
- tell again
- misunderstand
- count wrongly
- not kind
- not usual
- preview
- not allow
- disrespect
- prejudge
- heat before
- pay before
- hear wrongly
- re-
- unhappy
- recheck
- un-
- rewrite
- dis-
- retell
- not fair
- unequal
- disallow
- rebuild
- discontinue
- not obey
- dishonest
- mis-
- revisit
- open again
- refill
- unlucky
- heat again
- preheat
- spell wrongly
- mishear
- misuse
- understand wrongly
- not tidy
- visit again
- reheat
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