Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 863 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
2. 2.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
3. 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
7. 7.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
8. 8.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay before
9. 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) rerespect (d) unrespect
10. 10.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
11. 11.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
12. 12.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
13. 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) rekind
14. 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
15. 15.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
16. 16.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
17. 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
18. 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
19. 19.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) recount (d) uncount
20. 20.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
21. 21.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
22. 22.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
23. 23.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) disspell
24. 24.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place before
25. 25.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
26. 26.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
27. 27.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
28. 28.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
29. 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
30. 30.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
31. 31.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
32. 32.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) read before
33. 33.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
34. 34.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) prelead (c) relead (d) mislead
35. 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
36. 36.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
37. 37.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) reread (c) unread (d) misread
38. 38.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
39. 39.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) misview (d) preview
40. 40.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal

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