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 “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) relead (c) unlead (d) dislead
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 3.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
- 4.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) rewell (d) miswell
- 5.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) preview (d) review
- 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) not common (d) common before
- 7.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
- 8.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) preplay (d) unplay
- 9.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 11.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
- 12.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
- 13.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) rehappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 16.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
- 17.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
- 18.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
- 19.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) misusual
- 20.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) relucky
- 21.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree before
- 22.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) uncount (c) recount (d) precount
- 23.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) not respect
- 24.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
- 25.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
- 26.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
- 27.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit again
- 28.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
- 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
- 30.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
- 31.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
- 32.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) respell
- 33.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
- 34.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) rehear
- 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) discheck (d) recheck
- 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) disequal
- 37.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 38.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 39.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
- 40.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
Answer key
- mislead
- re-
- not usual
- unwell
- preview
- not common
- open again
- replay
- write again
- mis-
- reheat
- rewrite
- unhappy
- un-
- pre-
- repaint
- build again
- rejoin
- unusual
- unlucky
- not agree
- miscount
- not respect
- disrespect
- discontinue
- unclear
- visit again
- unkind
- misunderstand
- misbehave
- play again
- misspell
- untidy
- mishear
- recheck
- unequal
- view before
- dis-
- count wrongly
- not obey
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