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 “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) replay (d) preplay
- 2.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 3.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 4.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
- 5.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check before (d) check wrongly
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 7.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) write again (d) not write
- 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) preallow
- 9.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
- 10.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 11.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
- 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
- 14.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
- 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
- 16.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) not honest
- 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 18.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
- 19.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 20.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
- 21.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
- 22.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
- 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
- 24.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
- 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) relead
- 26.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect again
- 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
- 28.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) not count (d) count wrongly
- 29.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
- 30.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) discheck
- 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) recook
- 33.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) dispay
- 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) not spell
- 35.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 36.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
- 37.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) misloyal
- 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) retell
- 39.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
- 40.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
Answer key
- replay
- not safe
- reheat
- unusual
- check again
- un-
- write again
- disallow
- not agree
- open again
- not obey
- re-
- lead wrongly
- not continue
- hear wrongly
- not honest
- mis-
- not usual
- pre-
- rewrite
- pay before
- tell again
- not common
- reuse
- mislead
- not respect
- misspell
- count wrongly
- paint again
- recheck
- dis-
- precook
- prepay
- spell wrongly
- heat again
- behave wrongly
- disloyal
- retell
- not fair
- refill
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