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 “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 2.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 3.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
- 4.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) write before (d) not write
- 5.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
- 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 7.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 10.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 11.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) not check (d) check again
- 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 13.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
- 14.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) mispay
- 15.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
- 16.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
- 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
- 18.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
- 19.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead
- 20.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) not tell
- 21.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
- 22.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
- 23.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 24.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
- 25.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) misplace
- 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) prekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
- 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook again (d) cook before
- 28.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
- 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy before
- 30.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
- 31.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
- 32.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
- 33.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read again (d) read wrongly
- 34.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear before
- 35.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
- 37.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
- 38.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 39.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
- 40.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
Answer key
- re-
- judge wrongly
- open again
- write again
- not loyal
- mis-
- misjudge
- pre-
- un-
- not honest
- check again
- dis-
- rewrite
- prepay
- not obey
- not allow
- dishonest
- visit again
- lead wrongly
- tell again
- reuse
- join again
- retell
- recheck
- misplace
- unkind
- cook before
- not fair
- not happy
- discontinue
- not continue
- mislead
- read wrongly
- hear wrongly
- place wrongly
- reheat
- disobey
- use again
- paint again
- misuse
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