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 “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
- 2.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky
- 3.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) resafe
- 4.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 5.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) dislead (d) prelead
- 6.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
- 7.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) not count (d) count before
- 8.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
- 9.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) disvisit
- 10.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
- 11.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
- 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 13.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
- 14.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
- 15.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) not lead
- 16.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
- 17.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) preobey
- 18.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
- 21.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
- 22.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) recount (d) precount
- 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 24.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
- 25.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
- 26.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
- 27.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) miscontinue (c) uncontinue (d) discontinue
- 28.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
- 29.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
- 30.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
- 31.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
- 32.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
- 34.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
- 35.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
- 36.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
- 37.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
- 38.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
- 39.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
- 40.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) unspell
Answer key
- recheck
- unlucky
- unsafe
- tell again
- mislead
- view before
- count wrongly
- not equal
- revisit
- not allow
- preheat
- pre-
- reheat
- not lucky
- lead wrongly
- disagree
- disobey
- judge wrongly
- dis-
- spell wrongly
- check again
- miscount
- mis-
- unequal
- not safe
- unusual
- discontinue
- use wrongly
- fill again
- not usual
- misuse
- re-
- understand wrongly
- hear wrongly
- not agree
- misbehave
- reuse
- not fair
- prejudge
- misspell
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