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.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
- 2.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
- 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 4.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
- 5.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) prelead
- 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) reloyal (d) preloyal
- 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 9.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) play before (d) not play
- 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) prewell
- 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
- 12.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
- 13.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) prekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
- 14.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check before (d) check again
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 16.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) misobey
- 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
- 19.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
- 20.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
- 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
- 22.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 23.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
- 24.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
- 25.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
- 26.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
- 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) respell (d) misspell
- 28.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) not read
- 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 30.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 31.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
- 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
- 33.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 34.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 35.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) unpay
- 36.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) miscommon
- 37.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead again
- 38.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
- 40.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview
Answer key
- not happy
- visit again
- pre-
- open again
- mislead
- disloyal
- mis-
- dis-
- play again
- unwell
- not agree
- join again
- unkind
- check again
- un-
- disobey
- not lucky
- unsafe
- dishonest
- precook
- untidy
- not clear
- preheat
- misbehave
- refill
- not well
- misspell
- read wrongly
- not tidy
- use wrongly
- recheck
- unlucky
- re-
- heat before
- prepay
- uncommon
- lead wrongly
- not safe
- unusual
- preview
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