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 “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
- 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) disallow
- 5.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
- 6.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
- 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 11.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
- 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
- 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
- 14.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) not fill
- 15.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
- 16.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 17.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
- 18.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
- 19.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 21.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
- 22.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 23.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
- 24.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
- 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
- 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
- 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
- 28.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) misread (d) disread
- 29.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
- 30.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) unbuild
- 31.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
- 32.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
- 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) mishonest (c) prehonest (d) unhonest
- 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) diskind
- 35.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 36.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) prebehave
- 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
- 38.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 39.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 40.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
Answer key
- heat before
- uncommon
- dis-
- disallow
- disrespect
- not loyal
- re-
- unusual
- pre-
- mis-
- open again
- untidy
- lead wrongly
- fill again
- use again
- unequal
- not kind
- not agree
- misjudge
- un-
- not continue
- not happy
- disobey
- reuse
- not lucky
- understand wrongly
- not allow
- misread
- recheck
- rebuild
- mislead
- not tidy
- dishonest
- unkind
- prejudge
- misbehave
- not honest
- count wrongly
- not obey
- not respect
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