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) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
- 2.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook again (d) cook before
- 3.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well again
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 5.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) not join
- 6.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
- 7.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
- 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 10.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
- 11.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) recheck (c) mischeck (d) discheck
- 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 13.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) prehear (c) dishear (d) unhear
- 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell wrongly
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 16.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 17.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
- 18.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) review (d) unview
- 19.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) miswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
- 20.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
- 21.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
- 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) pretell
- 23.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) respell
- 24.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 25.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) unplace
- 26.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
- 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
- 28.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand before
- 29.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
- 31.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) miswrite
- 32.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) disvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
- 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
- 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 35.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 36.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) check again
- 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 38.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
- 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 40.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
Answer key
- dishonest
- cook before
- not well
- dis-
- join again
- not fair
- unusual
- re-
- mis-
- not common
- recheck
- pre-
- mishear
- tell again
- un-
- not honest
- visit again
- preview
- unwell
- write again
- paint again
- retell
- misspell
- not clear
- misplace
- reheat
- not allow
- understand wrongly
- use wrongly
- count wrongly
- rewrite
- revisit
- prejudge
- spell wrongly
- heat before
- check again
- judge before
- unkind
- open again
- not kind
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