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 “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
- 2.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 3.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) misfair
- 6.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 7.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) prerespect (c) misrespect (d) disrespect
- 8.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) prepaint
- 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
- 11.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
- 12.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
- 13.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) view again
- 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 16.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play again (d) play before
- 17.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) dispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
- 18.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
- 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
- 20.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
- 21.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
- 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) untell (d) distell
- 23.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) miscontinue
- 24.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 25.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
- 26.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) uncook (c) recook (d) miscook
- 27.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) preequal (d) disequal
- 28.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 29.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
- 30.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
- 31.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
- 32.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
- 33.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 34.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
- 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
- 36.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 37.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
- 38.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) dishear
- 39.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
- 40.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
Answer key
- misjudge
- reheat
- cook before
- dis-
- unfair
- not lucky
- disrespect
- repaint
- mis-
- untidy
- join again
- visit again
- view before
- not common
- un-
- play again
- prepay
- paint again
- not happy
- tell again
- misunderstand
- retell
- discontinue
- reuse
- read wrongly
- precook
- unequal
- re-
- not well
- dishonest
- not equal
- place wrongly
- heat again
- understand wrongly
- fill again
- pre-
- lead wrongly
- mishear
- unlucky
- not kind
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