Prefix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 881 · 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 word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
2. 2.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
4. 4.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
5. 5.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) relead
6. 6.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
7. 7.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) disfair (c) prefair (d) misfair
8. 8.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
9. 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) unplace
10. 10.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) not place
11. 11.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
12. 12.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
14. 14.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
15. 15.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
16. 16.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
17. 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
18. 18.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) prebuild (d) unbuild
19. 19.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
21. 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
22. 22.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
23. 23.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) discook (d) recook
24. 24.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
25. 25.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
26. 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) untell (d) retell
27. 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
28. 28.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
29. 29.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
30. 30.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check again (d) check wrongly
31. 31.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
32. 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
33. 33.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) precontinue (d) uncontinue
34. 34.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
35. 35.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect before
36. 36.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) unjoin
37. 37.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit before
39. 39.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
40. 40.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) precount (d) miscount

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