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 “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
- 2.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell again
- 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 4.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 8.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 9.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
- 10.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) preobey
- 11.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 12.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 13.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
- 14.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) prewrite
- 15.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
- 16.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
- 17.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) rerespect (c) misrespect (d) disrespect
- 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
- 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 20.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
- 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
- 22.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
- 23.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) unread (c) disread (d) preread
- 24.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
- 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
- 26.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
- 27.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
- 29.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) not understand
- 30.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) not build (d) build wrongly
- 31.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
- 32.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) miscount (c) recount (d) uncount
- 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 34.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) misplay (c) preplay (d) replay
- 35.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) prekind
- 36.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) fill before
- 37.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
- 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) distell (d) untell
- 39.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
- 40.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) disview (d) misview
Answer key
- dishonest
- tell again
- mis-
- visit again
- re-
- dis-
- pre-
- spell wrongly
- discontinue
- disobey
- use wrongly
- heat again
- read wrongly
- rewrite
- use again
- not respect
- disrespect
- disloyal
- un-
- unsafe
- untidy
- prejudge
- misread
- not allow
- not usual
- unusual
- paint again
- not lucky
- understand wrongly
- build again
- not happy
- miscount
- not safe
- replay
- unkind
- fill again
- not loyal
- retell
- disallow
- preview
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