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 “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) disfill
- 2.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) preagree (c) disagree (d) reagree
- 3.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 5.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
- 6.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
- 8.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 9.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
- 10.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
- 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
- 13.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) rewell (c) miswell (d) unwell
- 14.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
- 15.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
- 16.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) prewrite (d) miswrite
- 17.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
- 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
- 20.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) continue wrongly
- 21.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 22.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) replace
- 23.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
- 24.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 25.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 26.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 27.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 28.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 29.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) not safe
- 31.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
- 32.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
- 33.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
- 34.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) dispay (d) mispay
- 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
- 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
- 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
- 38.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) precount
- 39.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
- 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
Answer key
- refill
- disagree
- fill again
- un-
- not allow
- disobey
- dis-
- heat before
- unusual
- not lucky
- not equal
- uncommon
- unwell
- place wrongly
- reuse
- rewrite
- unclear
- re-
- not tidy
- not continue
- view before
- misplace
- hear wrongly
- mis-
- judge before
- behave wrongly
- pre-
- judge wrongly
- use wrongly
- not safe
- not happy
- not fair
- use again
- prepay
- unequal
- unsafe
- unkind
- miscount
- misbehave
- not agree
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