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 word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) reread (c) disread (d) misread
- 2.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 5.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
- 7.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) uncount (d) miscount
- 8.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) rewell (d) diswell
- 9.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
- 10.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
- 11.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 13.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 14.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
- 15.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) disvisit (c) misvisit (d) revisit
- 16.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) misloyal (d) reloyal
- 17.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
- 18.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
- 19.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
- 20.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
- 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
- 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) well before (d) not well
- 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
- 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 27.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
- 28.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
- 29.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) not view
- 30.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) dispay
- 31.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
- 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
- 33.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) dislead
- 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
- 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
- 36.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
- 37.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint before
- 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
- 39.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) preview (d) unview
- 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
Answer key
- misread
- misunderstand
- re-
- mis-
- heat again
- unequal
- miscount
- unwell
- rewrite
- disobey
- not kind
- pre-
- not clear
- reuse
- revisit
- disloyal
- hear wrongly
- retell
- count wrongly
- not usual
- unhappy
- dis-
- un-
- not well
- use wrongly
- heat before
- visit again
- recheck
- view before
- prepay
- disagree
- not equal
- mislead
- unkind
- misjudge
- not allow
- paint again
- rejoin
- preview
- misspell
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