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 “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
- 2.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
- 3.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
- 4.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
- 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 7.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) dislead
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 9.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) misopen
- 10.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
- 11.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
- 12.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
- 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
- 16.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
- 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
- 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
- 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 21.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
- 22.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) unplay (c) display (d) replay
- 23.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
- 24.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
- 25.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
- 26.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 27.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
- 28.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
- 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
- 30.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
- 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) unfill (d) disfill
- 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
- 33.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 34.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
- 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) pretell
- 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
- 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
- 38.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
- 39.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
- 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
Answer key
- pay before
- not common
- misbehave
- join again
- mis-
- pre-
- mislead
- un-
- reopen
- not respect
- rebuild
- not equal
- re-
- tell again
- recheck
- mishear
- dishonest
- dis-
- not usual
- misjudge
- judge before
- replay
- play again
- unusual
- not tidy
- place wrongly
- not safe
- discontinue
- build again
- spell wrongly
- refill
- disobey
- heat again
- untidy
- retell
- not happy
- not kind
- hear wrongly
- not clear
- not agree
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