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 “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
- 2.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
- 3.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
- 4.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) prefill
- 5.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) preequal
- 6.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
- 7.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
- 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 9.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) not tell (d) tell again
- 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
- 11.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
- 12.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
- 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 14.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) rerespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
- 15.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
- 16.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 17.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
- 18.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) not paint
- 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
- 21.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
- 22.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) misview (c) preview (d) disview
- 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
- 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
- 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) miskind
- 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) respell
- 28.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
- 29.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
- 30.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) unbehave (d) rebehave
- 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 32.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) not safe
- 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well again (d) well wrongly
- 35.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) prehappy
- 36.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
- 37.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) dislead
- 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
- 39.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
- 40.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
Answer key
- rewrite
- understand wrongly
- build again
- refill
- unequal
- spell wrongly
- disallow
- re-
- tell again
- dishonest
- play again
- not obey
- unfair
- disrespect
- not common
- judge before
- unlucky
- paint again
- mis-
- disobey
- repaint
- preview
- rejoin
- unusual
- un-
- unkind
- misspell
- reuse
- join again
- misbehave
- heat before
- pre-
- not safe
- not well
- unhappy
- pay before
- mislead
- misuse
- revisit
- not lucky
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